Dismiss vs. Suspend — What's the Difference?

Order or allow to leave; send away

Temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect

Treat as unworthy of serious consideration

Hang (something) from somewhere

To end the employment or service of; discharge.

(of solid particles) be dispersed throughout the bulk of a fluid

To direct or allow to leave

Prolong (a note of a chord) into a following chord, usually so as to produce a temporary discord.

To stop considering; rid one's mind of; dispel

To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment

To refuse to accept or recognize; reject

To cause to stop for a period; interrupt

(Law) To adjudicate (a cause of action) as insufficient to proceed further in court because of some deficiency in law or fact.

To halt something temporarily.

To eject (a player or coach) for the remainder of a game.

To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.

To put out (a batter) in cricket.

To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.

(transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.

To hang freely; underhang.

(transitive) To order to leave.

To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.

(transitive) To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.

(obsolete) To make to depend.

(transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.

To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.

(transitive) To invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration.

(chemistry) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.

(transitive) To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as).

To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.

To get a batsman out.

To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.

To give someone a red card; to send off.

To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.

To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.

To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion.

To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.

To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.; as, to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club.

Dismission.

To cause to cease for a time from operation or effect; as, to suspend the habeas corpus act; to suspend the rules of a legislative body.

Bar from attention or consideration;

To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.

Cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration;

To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank).

Stop associating with;

Hang freely;

Terminate the employment of;

Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid;

End one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave;

Bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

Declare void;

Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;

Make inoperative or stop;

As of a prison sentence