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Expelled vs Dispelled - What's the difference?

expelled | dispelled |

As verbs the difference between expelled and dispelled

is that expelled is (expel) while dispelled is (dispel).

expelled

English

Alternative forms

*expeled (US )

Verb

(head)
  • (expel)

  • 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

    dispelled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dispel)

  • dispel

    English

    Verb

  • To drive away by scattering, or to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate.
  • *
  • *: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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