Depart vs Dismiss - What's the difference?
depart | dismiss |
To leave.
*Shakespeare
*:He which hath no stomach to this fight, / Let him depart .
*2009 , George Monbiot, The Guardian , 7 September:
*:The government maintains that if its regulations are too stiff, British bankers will leave the country. It's true that they have been threatening to depart in droves, but the obvious answer is: "Sod off then."
To set out on a journey.
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*:And soo she receyued hym vpon suffysaunt seurte / so alle her hurtes were wel restored of al that she coude complayne / and thenne he departed vnto the Courte of kyne Arthur / and there openly the reed knyghte of the reed laundes putte hym in the mercy of syre Launcelot and syr Gawayne
To die.
*Bible, Luke ii. 29:
*:Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.
To deviate (from).
:His latest statements seemed to depart from party policy somewhat.
:to depart from a title or defence in legal pleading
*Madison
*:if the plan of the convention be found to depart from republican principles
To go away from; to leave.
*Bible, 1 Sam. iv. 2:
*:The glory is departed from Israel.
*2009 , The Guardian , Sport Blog, 9 September:
*:The build-up to Saturday's visit of Macedonia and this encounter with the Dutch could be construed as odd in the sense that there seemed a basic acceptance, inevitability even, that Burley would depart office in their immediate aftermath.
(obsolete) To divide up; to distribute, share.
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*:and so all the worlde seythe that betwyxte three knyghtes is departed clerely knyghthode, that is Sir Launcelot du Lake, Sir Trystrams de Lyones and Sir Lamerok de Galys—thes bere now the renowne.
(obsolete) To separate, part.
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:(Shakespeare)
(obsolete) division; separation, as of compound substances
* Francis Bacon
(obsolete) A going away; departure.
* Shakespeare
(senseid)(lb) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
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(lb) To order to leave.
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(lb) To dispel; to rid one's mind of.
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(lb) To reject; to refuse to accept.
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*:"He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." ¶ "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" ¶ "This morning, before father went downtown." ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.
To get a batsman out.
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To give someone a red card; to send off.
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As verbs the difference between depart and dismiss
is that depart is third-person singular indicative present of while dismiss is (senseid)(lb) to discharge; to end the employment or service of.As a noun depart
is departure, start.depart
English
Verb
(en verb)- Syr knyght[,] said the two squyers that were with her[,] yonder are two knyghtes that fyghte for thys lady, goo thyder and departe them.
Synonyms
* (to leave) duck out, go, go away, leave, part, pull up stakes, start, start out, set forth, split, set off, set out, take off, take leave, quit * (to die) die * (to deviate) deviate, digress, diverge, sidetrack, straggle, vary * (to go away from) leaveAntonyms
* (to leave): arrive, come, stay * (to die): live * (to deviate): conformNoun
- The chymists have a liquor called water of depart .
- At my depart for France.
Anagrams
*dismiss
English
Verb
West Brom 1-3 Blackburn, passage=Kalinic later saw red for a rash tackle on Paul Scharner before Gabriel Tamas was dismissed for bringing down Diouf.}}