different between disappear vs disapparate

English

Etymology

dis- +? appear

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s??p??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s??p??/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /d?s??pi??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

disappear (third-person singular simple present disappears, present participle disappearing, simple past and past participle disappeared)

1. (intransitive) To vanish.

   Synonyms: dematerialize, vanish

   Antonym: appear

2. (transitive) To make vanish; especially, to abduct and murder surreptitiously for political reasons.
3. (intransitive) To go away; to become lost.

Related terms

• disappearance

Translations

Anagrams

• appraised

English

Etymology

A negative back-formation from apparition (see usage notes).

Verb

disapparate (third-person singular simple present disapparates, present participle disapparating, simple past and past participle disapparated)

1. (intransitive) To disappear magically.

   Antonym: apparate

Usage notes

The word was invented by J. K. Rowling in the Harry Potter books to describe a form of teleportation from one place to another, but in derived usage it often means just to disappear completely.