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Dispel vs Eradicate - What's the difference?

dispel | eradicate |

As verbs the difference between dispel and eradicate

is that dispel is to drive away by scattering, or to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate while eradicate is to pull up by the roots; to uproot.

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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    eradicate

    English

    Verb

    (eradicat)
  • To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
  • To completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.
    • Small pox was globally eradicated in 1980

    Synonyms

    * (to pull up by the roots): root up, uproot * (to completely destroy): annihilate, exterminate, extirpate * See also

    Antonyms

    * radicate

    Related terms

    * eradicable * eradication * eradicative * radical * root

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