shoo off vs turn back

shoo off and turn back both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shoo off	No	No	Yes	No
turn back	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, turn back is a hypernym of shoo off; that is, turn back is a word with a broader meaning than shoo off:

shoo off: drive away by crying `shoo!'
turn back: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

Other hypernyms of shoo off include chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off.

shoo off (verb)	turn back (verb)
drive away by crying `shoo!'	go back to a previous state
	turn inside out or upside down
	hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
	retrace one's course
	force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings