Dismiss vs. Suspend
Dismissverb
(transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
Dismissverb
(transitive) To order to leave.
Dismissverb
(transitive) To dispel; to rid one's mind of.
Dismissverb
(transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
Dismissverb
To send or put away.
Dismissverb
To get a batsman out.
Dismissverb
To give someone a red card; to send off.
Dismissverb
To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
Dismissverb
To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.
Dismissverb
To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.
Dismissnoun
Dismission.
Dismissverb
bar from attention or consideration;
Dismissverb
cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration;
Dismissverb
stop associating with;
Dismissverb
terminate the employment of;
Dismissverb
end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave;
Dismissverb
declare void;
Dismissverb
order or allow to leave; send away
Dismissverb
remove from employment or office, typically on the grounds of unsatisfactory performance
Dismissverb
(of a group assembled under someone's authority) disperse
Dismissverb
end the innings of (a batsman or a side)
Dismissverb
treat as unworthy of serious consideration
Dismissverb
deliberately cease to think about
Dismissverb
refuse further hearing to (a case)
Suspendverb
To halt something temporarily.
Suspendverb
To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
Suspendverb
To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
Suspendverb
To hang freely; underhang.
Suspendverb
To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
Suspendverb
(obsolete) To make to depend.
Suspendverb
To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
Suspendverb
(chemistry) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
Suspendverb
To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.
Suspendverb
To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.
Suspendverb
To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.
Suspendverb
To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.
Suspendverb
To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion.
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.
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.
Suspendverb
To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
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).
Suspendverb
hang freely;
Suspendverb
cause to be held in suspension in a fluid;
Suspendverb
bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
Suspendverb
stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;
Suspendverb
make inoperative or stop;
Suspendverb
as of a prison sentence
Suspendverb
temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect
Suspendverb
officially prohibit (someone) from holding their usual post or carrying out their usual role for a particular length of time
Suspendverb
defer or delay (an action, event, or judgement)
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
Suspendverb
hang (something) from somewhere
Suspendverb
(of solid particles) be dispersed throughout the bulk of a fluid
Suspendverb
prolong (a note of a chord) into a following chord, usually so as to produce a temporary discord.
