Dismiss vs. Suspend

Dismissverb

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

‘The company dismissed me after less than a year.’;

Suspendverb

To halt something temporarily.

‘The meeting was suspended for lunch.’;

Dismissverb

(transitive) To order to leave.

‘The soldiers were dismissed after the parade.’;

Suspendverb

To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.

‘to suspend one's judgement or one's disbelief’;

Dismissverb

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

‘He dismissed all thoughts of acting again.’;

Suspendverb

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

‘to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program’;

Dismissverb

(transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.

‘The court dismissed the case.’;

Suspendverb

To hang freely; underhang.

‘to suspend a ball by a thread’;

Dismissverb

To send or put away.

‘She dismissed him with a wave of the hand.’;

Suspendverb

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

Dismissverb

To get a batsman out.

‘He was dismissed for 99 runs.’;

Suspendverb

(obsolete) To make to depend.

Dismissverb

To give someone a red card; to send off.

Suspendverb

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

‘to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club’;

Dismissverb

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.’;

Suspendverb

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

Dismissverb

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

Suspendverb

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

Dismissverb

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

Suspendverb

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

Dismissnoun

Dismission.

Suspendverb

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

Dismissverb

bar from attention or consideration;

‘She dismissed his advances’;

Suspendverb

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

‘Suspend your indignation against my brother.’; ‘The guard nor fights nor fies; their fate so nearAt once suspends their courage and their fear.’;

Dismissverb

cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration;

‘This case is dismissed!’;

Suspendverb

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

Dismissverb

stop associating with;

‘They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock’;

Suspendverb

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.

‘Good men should not be suspended from the exercise of their ministry and deprived of their livelihood for ceremonies which are on all hands acknowledged indifferent.’;

Dismissverb

terminate the employment of;

‘The boss fired his secretary today’; ‘The company terminated 25% of its workers’;

Suspendverb

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.

Dismissverb

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

‘I was dismissed after I gave my report’;

Suspendverb

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

Dismissverb

declare void;

‘The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections’;

Suspendverb

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).

Dismissverb

order or allow to leave; send away

‘she dismissed the taxi at the corner of the road’;

Suspendverb

hang freely;

‘The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them’;

Dismissverb

remove from employment or office, typically on the grounds of unsatisfactory performance

‘the prime minister dismissed five members of his cabinet’;

Suspendverb

cause to be held in suspension in a fluid;

‘suspend the particles’;

Dismissverb

(of a group assembled under someone's authority) disperse

‘he told his company to dismiss’;

Suspendverb

bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

Dismissverb

end the innings of (a batsman or a side)

‘Australia were dismissed for 118’;

Suspendverb

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

‘Suspend the aid to the war-torn country’;

Dismissverb

treat as unworthy of serious consideration

‘it would be easy to dismiss him as all brawn and no brain’;

Suspendverb

make inoperative or stop;

‘suspend payments on the loan’;

Dismissverb

deliberately cease to think about

‘he suspected a double meaning in her words, but dismissed the thought’;

Suspendverb

as of a prison sentence

Dismissverb

refuse further hearing to (a case)

‘the judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence’;

Suspendverb

temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect

‘work on the dam was suspended’;

Suspendverb

officially prohibit (someone) from holding their usual post or carrying out their usual role for a particular length of time

‘two officers were suspended from duty pending the outcome of the investigation’;

Suspendverb

defer or delay (an action, event, or judgement)

‘the judge suspended judgement until January 15’;

Suspendverb

(of a judge or court) cause (an imposed sentence) not to be enforced as long as no further offence is committed within a specified period

‘the sentence was suspended for six months’;

Suspendverb

hang (something) from somewhere

‘the light was suspended from the ceiling’;

Suspendverb

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

‘the paste contains collagen suspended in a salt solution’;

Suspendverb

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