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shut out vs ostracise

ostracise vs shut out

shut out and ostracise both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shut out No No Yes No
ostracise No No Yes No
As verbs, ostracise is a hyponym of shut out; that is, ostracise is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than shut out:
  • shut out: prevent from entering; shut out
  • ostracise: avoid speaking to or dealing with
Other hyponyms of shut out include curse, excommunicate, unchurch, lock out, ostracize.
shut out (verb) ostracise (verb)
prevent from entering; shut out avoid speaking to or dealing with
expel from a community or group
Difference between shut out and ostracise

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