different between disbar vs disrobe

English

Etymology

dis- +? bar

Pronunciation

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

Verb

disbar (third-person singular simple present disbars, present participle disbarring, simple past and past participle disbarred)

1. (law, transitive) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his or her status and privileges as such.
2. (transitive) To exclude (a person) from something.
   • 1896, Two More Disbarred: Bloomingston and Lowney Out of College Athletics; Action Taken by Board of Control Last Night, Detroit Free Press, page 6

     The friends of Holmes have been criticising the action of the board in disbarring him on the ground that it was too severe […]

Derived terms

• disbarment

Translations

Anagrams

• Bairds, bidars, braids, rabids

English

Etymology

From Middle French desrober, from des- (“dis-”) + rober.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s????b/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d?s??o?b/
• Rhymes: -??b

Verb

disrobe (third-person singular simple present disrobes, present participle disrobing, simple past and past participle disrobed)

1. (transitive) To undress someone or something.

   Synonyms: dismantle, divest, strip, unclothe, uncover, undress
2. (intransitive) To undress oneself.

   Synonyms: strip, get undressed

   • 1977 May 18, Ken Murrah, "'Champagne Complex' Is Simply Hilarious" in The Daily Press

     It concerns a young woman (played by Wendy Rieger) with a rather curious problem: she starts to disrobe every time she drinks champagne.

Derived terms

• disrobement

Translations

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• Brodies, beroids, boreids, borides, brodies