different between disrobe vs divest

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

English

Etymology

Alteration of devest, from Middle French devester (“strip of possessions”), from Old French desvestir, from des- (“dis-”) + vestir (“to clothe”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /da??v?st/, /d??v?st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

divest (third-person singular simple present divests, present participle divesting, simple past and past participle divested)

1. (transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).

   Synonyms: deprive, dispossess

2. (transitive, finance) To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary.

   Synonym: sell off

   Antonym: invest

   • 2011, Alfred Schipke, Why Do Governments Divest?: The Macroeconomics of Privatization, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 6:

     It is argued that from a fiscal point of view, governments should divest only if this leads to an improvement in the intertemporal budget constraint. However, it is shown that policymakers are instead inclined to divest public assets as a means of […]

   • 2018, Ravi Kanbur, Henry Shue, Climate Justice: Integrating Economics and Philosophy, Oxford University Press, USA (?ISBN), page 146:

     Building from this argument, we can now turn to arguing the moral case why individuals should divest from fossil fuels. We can flesh out what is wrong with continuing investments in the fossil fuel industry in terms of the role that an agent […]

3. (transitive, archaic) To undress.

   Synonyms: undress, disrobe

   Antonym: dress

Usage notes

In sense "sell off", stronger than related disinvest, which instead means "reduce or cease new investment".

Derived terms

• divestiture
• divestment

Related terms

• disinvest

Translations

Anagrams

• divets, stived