terminate vs dismiss

terminate and dismiss both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
terminate	No	No	Yes	No
dismiss	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, terminate and dismiss are synonyms defined as:

terminate and dismiss: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

Other synonyms of terminate include can, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away.

As verbs, dismiss is a hyponym of terminate; that is, dismiss is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than terminate:

terminate: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
dismiss: stop associating with

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

terminate (verb)	dismiss (verb)
bring to an end or halt	declare void
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position	bar from attention or consideration
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical	end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
be the end of; be the last or concluding part of	cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
	terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
	stop associating with