Dismiss vs. Delete
Difference Between Dismiss and Delete
Dismiss➦
order or allow to leave; send away
she dismissed the taxi at the corner of the road
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Delete➦
To cancel, strike out, or make impossible to be perceived
deleted the expletives from the transcript with a marker.
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Dismiss➦
treat as unworthy of serious consideration
it would be easy to dismiss him as all brawn and no brain
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Delete➦
To remove from a document or record
deleted the names from the computer file.
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Dismiss➦
To end the employment or service of; discharge.
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Delete➦
To remove (a file, for example) from a hard drive or other storage medium.
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Dismiss➦
To direct or allow to leave
dismissed troops after the inspection.
dismissed the student after reprimanding him.
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Delete➦
To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
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Dismiss➦
To stop considering; rid one's mind of; dispel
dismissed all thoughts of running for office.
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Delete➦
To defeat or dominate.
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Dismiss➦
To refuse to accept or recognize; reject
dismissed the claim as highly improbable.
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Delete➦
To kill or murder.
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Dismiss➦
(Law) To adjudicate (a cause of action) as insufficient to proceed further in court because of some deficiency in law or fact.
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Delete➦
(computing) A deletion.
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Dismiss➦
To eject (a player or coach) for the remainder of a game.
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Delete➦
(recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release.
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Dismiss➦
To put out (a batter) in cricket.
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Delete➦
(uncountable) Delete
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Dismiss➦
(transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
The company dismissed me after less than a year.
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Delete➦
(computing) The delete character (U+007F or %7F).
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Dismiss➦
(transitive) To order to leave.
The soldiers were dismissed after the parade.
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Delete➦
To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.
I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight.
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Dismiss➦
(transitive) To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.
He dismissed all thoughts of acting again.
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Delete➦
remove or make invisible;
Please delete my name from your list
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Dismiss➦
(transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
The court dismissed the case.
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Delete➦
wipe out magnetically recorded information
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Dismiss➦
(transitive) To invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration.
By telling the victim to "get over it", the listener dismissed the victim's feelings.
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Delete➦
cut or eliminate;
she edited the juiciest scenes
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Dismiss➦
(transitive) To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as).
She dismissed him with a wave of the hand.
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Dismiss➦
To get a batsman out.
He was dismissed for 99 runs.
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Dismiss➦
To give someone a red card; to send off.
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Dismiss➦
To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
He dismissed the assembly.
Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock.
Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs.
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Dismiss➦
To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.
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Dismiss➦
To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.
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Dismiss➦
Dismission.
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Dismiss➦
bar from attention or consideration;
She dismissed his advances
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Dismiss➦
cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration;
This case is dismissed!
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Dismiss➦
stop associating with;
They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock
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Dismiss➦
terminate the employment of;
The boss fired his secretary today
The company terminated 25% of its workers
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Dismiss➦
end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave;
I was dismissed after I gave my report
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Dismiss➦
declare void;
The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections
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