Commandeer vs Annex - What's the difference?
commandeer | annex |
To seize for military use.
To force into military service.
To take arbitrarily or by force.
An addition, an extension.
An appendix.
An addition or extension to a building.
An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighbouring country or state, normally by military force.
To add something to another thing; to incorporate.
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To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.
To join; to be united.
As verbs the difference between commandeer and annex
is that commandeer is to seize for military use while annex is to add something to another thing; to incorporate.As a noun annex is
an addition, an extension.commandeer
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Verb
See also
* *annex
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Alternative forms
* annexe (UK, Australia, New Zealand)Etymology 1
, from (etyl) (m).Noun
(es)Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Verb
(es)- The ancient city of Petra was annexed by Rome.
- to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt
- (Tooke)