Clutches vs Seizure - What's the difference?
clutches | seizure | Related terms |
(usually, in the plural) Grasp; possession; control.
* Once the organization was in his clutches , her future there was bleak.
Third person singular simple present of to clutch.
The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
* 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) Chapter VII
A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
A sudden onset of pain or emotion.
(obsolete) retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership
* Dryden
That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
Clutches is a related term of seizure.
As nouns the difference between clutches and seizure
is that clutches is while seizure is the act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.As a verb clutches
is third person singular simple present of to clutch .clutches
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(en noun) (Search and seizure) (wikipedia seizure)- the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.
- The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.
- As yet there had been no alarm of fever. The three seizures had excited some comment, however, and had it not been for the counter-excitement of the burning ship, it is possible that Pine's precaution would have been thrown away
- He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epilectic seizure occurred.
- He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.
- Make o'er thy honour by a deed of trust, / And give me seizure of the mighty wealth.
