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shoo away vs dispel

dispel vs shoo away

shoo away and dispel both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shoo away No No Yes No
dispel No No Yes No
As verbs, dispel is a hypernym of shoo away; that is, dispel is a word with a broader meaning than shoo away:
  • shoo away: drive away by crying `shoo!'
  • dispel: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
Other hypernyms of shoo away include chase away, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back.
shoo away (verb) dispel (verb)
drive away by crying `shoo!' force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
to cause to separate and go in different directions
Difference between shoo away and dispel

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