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Dismissed vs Cancelled - What's the difference?

dismissed | cancelled |

As verbs the difference between dismissed and cancelled

is that dismissed is (dismiss) while cancelled is (cancel).

As an adjective cancelled is

no longer planned or scheduled.

dismissed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dismiss)

  • dismiss

    English

    Verb

  • (senseid)(lb) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
  • :
  • (lb) To order to leave.
  • :
  • (lb) To dispel; to rid one's mind of.
  • :
  • (lb) To reject; to refuse to accept.
  • :
  • *
  • *:"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.
  • :
  • To give someone a red card; to send off.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 28, author=Kevin Darlin, work=BBC
  • , title= 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.}}

    cancelled

    English

    Alternative forms

    * canceled (US)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cancel)
  • The game was cancelled because of snow on the field.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • No longer planned or scheduled.
  • The cancelled show would have drawn 5,000 fans.
  • (of a mail item) Marked over the stamp, to show that the stamp has been used.