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Impound vs Sequestrate - What's the difference?

impound | sequestrate |

As verbs the difference between impound and sequestrate

is that impound is to shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound while sequestrate is to sequester.

As a noun impound

is a place in which things are impounded.

As an adjective sequestrate is

(mycology) having enclosed underground or partially buried fruiting bodies, like a truffle.

impound

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound.
  • His car got impounded after he'd parked illegally.
  • To hold back, as water by a dam.
  • (legal) To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.
  • to impound''' stray cattle; to '''impound a document for safe keeping.
  • (transitive, legal, banking) To collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place in which things are impounded.
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  • A state of being impounded.
  • *
  • That which has been impounded.
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  • (legal, banking) Amounts collected from a debtor and held by one with a security interest in property for payment of property taxes and insurance.
  • See also

    * escrow

    sequestrate

    English

    Verb

    (sequestrat)
  • To sequester.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (mycology) Having enclosed underground or partially buried fruiting bodies, like a truffle.
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