different between dislodge vs dislocate

English

Etymology

From Middle English disloggen, from Old French deslogier. Compare French déloger.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

dislodge (third-person singular simple present dislodges, present participle dislodging, simple past and past participle dislodged)

1. (transitive) To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4

     Yet I hoped by grouting at the earth below it to be able to dislodge the stone at the side; but while I was considering how best to begin, the candle flickered, the wick gave a sudden lurch to one side, and I was left in darkness.
2. (intransitive) To move or go from a dwelling or former position.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To force out of a secure or settled position.

Translations

English

Etymology

dis- +? locate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?sl???ke?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?lo?ke?t/

Verb

dislocate (third-person singular simple present dislocates, present participle dislocating, simple past and past participle dislocated)

1. To put something out of its usual place.

   Synonym: displace

2. (medicine) To (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint.

Related terms

• dislocation

Translations

Anagrams

• lactoside

Italian

Verb

dislocate

1. second-person plural present indicative of dislocare
2. second-person plural imperative of dislocare
3. feminine plural of dislocato

Anagrams

• decastilo