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Expel vs Dispossess - What's the difference?

expel | dispossess |

As verbs the difference between expel and dispossess

is that expel is to eject or erupt while dispossess is to deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.

expel

English

Verb

  • To eject or erupt.
  • (obsolete) To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
  • * , II.xi:
  • But to the ground the idle quarrell fell: / Then he another and another did expell .
  • To remove from membership.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Angelique Chrisafis
  • , title=Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism, work=Guardian citation , page=, passage=She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.}}
  • To deport.
  • Synonyms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), turf out

    Antonyms

    * impel

    dispossess

    English

    Verb

  • To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.
  • (sports) To take possession of the ball/puck etc. (from someone).
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=John Sinnott , title=Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=It was Bannan who released Agbonlahor for his goal with a long-range curling pass after Stephen Warnock had dispossessed Mohamed Diame.}}