Difference between Can and Dismiss

What is the difference between Can and Dismiss?

Can as a verb is to know how to; to be able to. while Dismiss as a verb is to discharge; to end the employment or service of.

Can

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To know how to; to be able to. May; to be permitted or enabled to. To know. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.). To shut up. To fire or dismiss an employee.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can). A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish. toilet, bathroom. buttocks. headphones

Dismiss

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To discharge; to end the employment or service of.To order to leave.To dispel; to rid one's mind of.To reject; to refuse to acceptTo get a batsman out.

Example sentence: Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

We hope you now know whether to use Can or Dismiss in your sentence.

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