dispel vs expel
Definitions
verb
- force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
- to cause to separate and go in different directions
Examples
Not doing much to dispel their clown reputation, this tune includes a bird tweeting and a sheep's baa!
A spokesman for the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party called the cabinet shuffle "a futile exercise which inspires none and in no way dispels the gloom shadowing" Mr. Singh's government, according to Press Trust of India.
Perhaps the biggest myth Yi dispelled was that he's some kind of big lumbering center.
Definitions
verb
- remove from a position or office
- eliminate (a substance)
- cause to flee
- force to leave or move out
Examples
Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.
His traumatised son was expelled from two schools.
The protons recombine with the oxygen in the air that's also flowing through the fuel cell and is then expelled as water vapor.
