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Dismissal vs Deadline - What's the difference?

dismissal | deadline |

As nouns the difference between dismissal and deadline

is that dismissal is the act of sending someone away while deadline is a date on or before which something must be completed.

As a verb deadline is

(military) to render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.

dismissal

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of sending someone away.
  • (senseid)Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
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  • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.}}
  • A written or spoken statement of such an act.
  • Release from confinement; liberation.
  • Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
  • (legal) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
  • (cricket) The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.
  • deadline

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A date on or before which something must be completed.
  • I must make this deadline or my boss will ''kill'' me!
  • (archaic) A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.
  • (archaic) A line that does not move. (rfex)
  • (archaic) A boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot.
  • Verb

    (deadlin)
  • (military) To render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.
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