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Dissolve vs Adjourn - What's the difference?

dissolve | adjourn | Synonyms |

Dissolve is a synonym of adjourn.


In lang=en terms the difference between dissolve and adjourn

is that dissolve is to resolve itself as by dissolution while adjourn is to end or suspend an event.

As verbs the difference between dissolve and adjourn

is that dissolve is to terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding while adjourn is to postpone.

As a noun dissolve

is (cinematography) a film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next.

dissolve

English

(dissolution)

Verb

(dissolv)
  • To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding
  • ''The ruling party or coalition sometimes dissolves parliament early when the polls are favorable, hoping to reconvene with a larger majority
  • To destroy, make disappear
  • To liquify, melt into a fluid
  • * Shakespeare
  • as if the world were all dissolved to tears
  • To be melted, changed into a fluid
  • (chemistry) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.
  • (chemistry) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
  • To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Nothing can dissolve us.
  • To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
  • * Fairfax
  • Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
  • * The Declaration of Independence
  • For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.
  • (legal) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
  • to dissolve an injunction
  • (cinematography) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
  • To resolve itself as by dissolution
  • (obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
  • * Tennyson
  • dissolved the mystery
  • * Bible, Daniel v. 16
  • Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.
  • To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
  • * Dryden
  • Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie.

    Synonyms

    * melt * (cinematography) fade out

    Derived terms

    * dissolvable * dissolver

    Antonyms

    * (terminate a union of multiple members actively) establish, found

    See also

    * melt

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cinematography) A film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next.
  • Synonyms

    * fade out

    adjourn

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To postpone.
  • The trial was adjourned for a week.
  • To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
  • * Barrow
  • It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time.
  • To end or suspend an event.
  • The court will adjourn for lunch.
  • (intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move from one place to another.
  • After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.

    See also

    * adjournment