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Disband vs Disbar - What's the difference?

disband | disbar |

As verbs the difference between disband and disbar

is that disband is to break up or cause to cease to exist while disbar is (legal) to expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor ) of his or her status and privileges as such.

disband

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To break up or cause to cease to exist.
  • The president wanted to disband the scandal-plagued agency.
  • * Knolles
  • They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling.
  • (obsolete) To loose the bands of; to set free.
  • (obsolete) To divorce.
  • * Milton
  • And therefore she ought to be disbanded .

    References

    disbar

    English

    Verb

    (disbarr)
  • (legal) to expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor ) of his or her status and privileges as such
  • to exclude someone from something
  • * 1896 , Two More Disbarred: Bloomingston and Lowney Out of College Athletics; Action Taken by Board of Control Last Night , Detroit Free Press, page 6
  • The friends of Holmes have been criticising the action of the board in disbarring him on the ground that it was too severe...

    Derived terms

    * disbarment

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