Dislodge vs Dispel - What's the difference?
dislodge | dispel |
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.
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To drive away by scattering, or to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate.
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
As verbs the difference between dislodge and dispel
is that dislodge is to remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied while dispel is to drive away by scattering, or to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate.dislodge
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(dislodg)- Where Light and Darkness in perpetual round / Lodge and dislodge by turns.
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