Terminate vs. Dismiss — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Terminate and Dismiss
ADVERTISEMENT
Compare with Definitions
Terminate
To bring to an end or halt
"His action terminated the most hopeful period of reform in Prussian history" (Gordon A. Craig).
Dismiss
Order or allow to leave; send away
She dismissed the taxi at the corner of the road
Terminate
To occur at or form the end of; conclude or finish
A display of fireworks that terminated the festivities.
Dismiss
Treat as unworthy of serious consideration
It would be easy to dismiss him as all brawn and no brain
Terminate
To discontinue the employment of; dismiss
A company that terminated 300 workers.
ADVERTISEMENT
Dismiss
To end the employment or service of; discharge.
Terminate
To murder or assassinate (someone).
Dismiss
To direct or allow to leave
Dismissed troops after the inspection.
Dismissed the student after reprimanding him.
Terminate
To come to an end; reach a stopping point
The oil pipeline terminates at a shipping port. The negotiations terminated with a celebration.
Dismiss
To stop considering; rid one's mind of; dispel
Dismissed all thoughts of running for office.
Terminate
To form an end or produce a result. Often used with in
"The Peloponnesian war ... terminated in the ruin of the Athenian commonwealth" (Alexander Hamilton).
Dismiss
To refuse to accept or recognize; reject
Dismissed the claim as highly improbable.
Terminate
(transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
To terminate a process before its completion
To terminate an effort, or a controversy
Dismiss
(Law) To adjudicate (a cause of action) as insufficient to proceed further in court because of some deficiency in law or fact.
Terminate
(transitive) To conclude.
Dismiss
To eject (a player or coach) for the remainder of a game.
Terminate
(transitive) To set or be a limit or boundary to.
To terminate a surface by a line
Dismiss
To put out (a batter) in cricket.
Terminate
To kill someone or something.
The enemy must be terminated by any means possible.
Dismiss
(transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
The company dismissed me after less than a year.
Terminate
To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
Dismiss
(transitive) To order to leave.
The soldiers were dismissed after the parade.
Terminate
(intransitive) To end, conclude, or cease; to come to an end.
Dismiss
(transitive) To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.
He dismissed all thoughts of acting again.
Terminate
(intransitive) Of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus.
This train terminates at the next station.
Dismiss
(transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
The court dismissed the case.
Terminate
(intransitive) To issue or result.
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.
Terminate
Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
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.
Terminate
Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
Mountains on the Moon cast shadows that are very dark, terminate and more distinct than those cast by mountains on the Earth.
Dismiss
To get a batsman out.
He was dismissed for 99 runs.
Terminate
(mathematics) Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
One third is a recurring decimal, but one half is a terminate decimal.
Dismiss
To give someone a red card; to send off.
Terminate
To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.
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.
Terminate
To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy.
Dismiss
To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.
Terminate
Hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect.
During this interval of calm and prosperity, he [Michael Angelo] terminated two figures of slaves, destined for the tomb, in an incomparable style of art.
Dismiss
To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.
Terminate
To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics.
Dismiss
Dismission.
Terminate
To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.
The wisdom of this world, its designs and efficacy, terminate on zhis side heaven.
Dismiss
Bar from attention or consideration;
She dismissed his advances
Terminate
Bring to an end or halt;
She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime
The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WWI
Dismiss
Cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration;
This case is dismissed!
Terminate
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
The bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed
Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
My property ends by the bushes
The symphony ends in a pianissimo
Dismiss
Stop associating with;
They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock
Terminate
Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of;
This sad scene ended the movie
Dismiss
Terminate the employment of;
The boss fired his secretary today
The company terminated 25% of its workers
Terminate
Terminate the employment of;
The boss fired his secretary today
The company terminated 25% of its workers
Dismiss
End one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave;
I was dismissed after I gave my report
Dismiss
Declare void;
The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections
Share Your Discovery
Previous Comparison
Zodiac vs. Constellation
Next Comparison
Sensible vs. Sensitive
