Minimize vs Dismiss - What's the difference?
minimize | dismiss |
To make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible.
(computing, transitive, graphical user interface) To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.
(senseid)(lb) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
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(lb) To order to leave.
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(lb) To dispel; to rid one's mind of.
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(lb) To reject; to refuse to accept.
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*:"He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." ¶ "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" ¶ "This morning, before father went downtown." ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.
To get a batsman out.
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To give someone a red card; to send off.
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As verbs the difference between minimize and dismiss
is that minimize is to make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible while dismiss is (senseid)(lb) to discharge; to end the employment or service of.minimize
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* (l) (non-Oxford British spelling)Verb
(minimiz)- I didn't close anything, but I minimized all the windows so I could see the desktop.
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West Brom 1-3 Blackburn, passage=Kalinic later saw red for a rash tackle on Paul Scharner before Gabriel Tamas was dismissed for bringing down Diouf.}}