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Dispel vs Disprove - What's the difference?

dispel | disprove |

As verbs the difference between dispel and disprove

is that dispel is to drive away by scattering, or to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate while disprove is to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

dispel

English

Verb

  • 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.

    • Usage notes

    * Objects: cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions, objections.

    Anagrams

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    disprove

    English

    Verb

  • To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

    • Usage notes

    * The past participle disproven'' is often proscribed in favor of ''disproved'', unlike ''proven , which is not proscribed.

    Antonyms

    * prove

    Anagrams

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