Hijack vs Capture - What's the difference?
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To forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
(computing) To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.
(computing) To change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a certain web site (to hijack a browser ).
(politics) To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.
An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle.
An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.
(politics) An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.
(poker slang) Preflop, the position two before the dealer.
An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
* Blackstone
The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
Something that has been captured; a captive.
(computing) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
* 2014 , Ian Black, "
To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
To reproduce convincingly.
To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
* 1954 , Fred Reinfeld, How to Be a Winner at Chess , page 63, Hanover House (Garden City, NY)
In computing terms the difference between hijack and capture
is that hijack is to change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a certain web site (to hijack a browser) while capture is a particular match found for a pattern in a text string.As verbs the difference between hijack and capture
is that hijack is to forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat) while capture is to take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.As nouns the difference between hijack and capture
is that hijack is an instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle while capture is an act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.hijack
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(wikipedia hijack)Alternative forms
* hi-jack, highjackVerb
(en verb)Derived terms
* hijackable * carjack * seajackNoun
(en noun)capture
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Noun
(en noun)- even with regard to captures made at sea
- the capture of a lover's heart
Verb
- to capture an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal
Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian , 27 November 2014:
- Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.
- She captured the sounds of a subway station on tape.
- She captured the details of the fresco in a series of photographs.
- His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work.
- In her latest masterpiece, she captured the essence of Venice.
- My pawn was captured .
- He captured his opponent’s queen on the 15th move.
- How deeply ingrained capturing is in the mind of a chess master can be seen from this story.
