different between disband vs disburse

English

Etymology

Attested since the 1590s, from Middle French desbander (Modern French débander), from des- (English dis-) + bande (English band), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?end?- (“to tie”). Surface analysis dis- +? band.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?bænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Verb

disband (third-person singular simple present disbands, present participle disbanding, simple past and past participle disbanded)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.

   The president wanted to disband the scandal-plagued agency.

   I used to be in a punk band, but we disbanded in the early 1980s.

   • Having taken a review of his Army at Ardachan, he disbanded his Army, and he himself continu'd his Journey to Erzirum

2. (transitive, obsolete) To loose the bands of; to set free.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To divorce.

Related terms

• disbandment

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Sindbad

English

Etymology

From Old French desbourser (modern: débourser). Equivalent to dis- +? burse (“purse”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /d?s?b?s/, [d?s?p?s]
• Rhymes: -??(r)s

Verb

disburse (third-person singular simple present disburses, present participle disbursing, simple past and past participle disbursed)

1. (finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.

Usage notes

• Do not confuse with disperse.

Synonyms

(to pay out): shell out (informal), cough up (informal), fork out (informal), fork over (informal)

Derived terms

• disbursement

Translations

Anagrams

• subsider