send away vs lay off

send away and lay off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
send away	No	No	Yes	No
lay off	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, lay off is a hyponym of send away; that is, lay off is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than send away:

send away: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
lay off: dismiss, usually for economic reasons

Other hyponyms of send away include retire, pension off, clean out, furlough, squeeze out, dismiss, drop, send away, send packing.

send away (verb)	lay off (verb)
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position	dismiss, usually for economic reasons
stop associating with	put an end to a state or an activity