Confiscate vs Sequestration - What's the difference?

As a verb confiscate

is to use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

is (obsolete) confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.

sequestration.

(confiscat)

To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

In schools it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.

* (take possession of)

(-)

(obsolete) confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit

* Shakespeare

Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate .

* Shakespeare

Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.

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(en noun)

The process or act of sequestering.

1919 ,

At that time there was no rigid sequestration on the islands, and lepers, if they chose, were allowed to go free.

(medicine) Protective sequestration: quarantine measures to contain infection among the population.

*Korean