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Enroll vs Disenroll - What's the difference?

enroll | disenroll |

In transitive terms the difference between enroll and disenroll

is that enroll is to enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of while disenroll is to cancel enrolment; to remove oneself from a list.

enroll

English

Alternative forms

* enrol (UK) (CA)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list
  • * Prescott
    • All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves.
  • * Milton
    • An unwritten law of common right, so engraven in the hearts of our ancestors, and by them so constantly enjoyed and claimed, as that it needed not enrolling .
  • To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
    • They were eager to enroll new recruits.
  • To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something)
    • Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term?
  • (obsolete) To envelop; to enwrap.
    • (Spenser)

    Synonyms

    * (enter in a register) list, note, note down, record, register * (enlist) enlist, sign up, subscribe * (become a member) enlist, join, join up, sign up, subscribe * (join a class) add, register for

    Derived terms

    * enrollee * enroller * enrollment

    disenroll

    English

    Alternative forms

    * disenrol

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cancel enrolment; to remove oneself from a list.