Dismiss vs. Suspend

Dismiss vs. Suspend — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Dismiss and 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
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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.

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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

bar from attention or consideration;

She dismissed his advances

Suspendverb

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

Dismissverb

cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration;

This case is dismissed!

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

stop associating with;

They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock

Suspendverb

hang freely;

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

Dismissverb

terminate the employment of;

The boss fired his secretary todayThe company terminated 25% of its workers

Suspendverb

cause to be held in suspension in a fluid;

suspend the particles

Dismissverb

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

I was dismissed after I gave my report

Suspendverb

bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

Dismissverb

declare void;

The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections

Suspendverb

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

Suspend the aid to the war-torn country

Suspendverb

make inoperative or stop;

suspend payments on the loan

Suspendverb

as of a prison sentence