Depose vs Dislodge - What's the difference?
depose | dislodge |
(literally) To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
* Woodword
To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.
* Prynne
(legal) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition
(legal) To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition; typically done by a lawyer.
* Shakespeare
To take or swear an oath.
To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
* Francis Bacon
To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
*1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
*:Yet I hoped by grouting at the earth below it to be able to dislodge the stone at the side; but while I was considering how best to begin, the candle flickered, the wick gave a sudden lurch to one side, and I was left in darkness.
To move or go from a dwelling or former position.
* Milton
(figurative) To force out of a secure or settled position.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times
, passage=The country’s first black president, and its first president to reach adulthood after the Vietnam War and Watergate, Mr. Obama seemed like a digital-age leader who could at last dislodge the stalemate between those who clung to the government of the Great Society, on the one hand, and those who disdained the very idea of government, on the other.}}
As verbs the difference between depose and dislodge
is that depose is while dislodge is to remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.depose
English
Verb
(depos)- additional mud deposed upon it
- A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.
- a tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed
- After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.
- Depose him in the justice of his cause.
- to depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands
Synonyms
* declareAntonyms
* restoreDerived terms
* deposable * deposalAnagrams
* ----dislodge
English
Verb
(dislodg)- Where Light and Darkness in perpetual round / Lodge and dislodge by turns.
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