Seize vs Group - What's the difference?
seize | group |
to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture
to take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)
to take possession of (by force, law etc.)
to have a sudden and powerful effect upon
(nautical) to bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line
(obsolete) to fasten, fix
to lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon)
to have a seizure
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to bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up
(UK) to submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
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A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
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(geometry, archaic) An effective divisor on a curve.
A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
(astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
(chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
(chemistry) A functional entity consisting of certain atoms whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule, such as the methyl group.
(sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society.
(military) An air force formation.
(geology) A collection of formations or rock strata.
(computing) A number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.
An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.
(music) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.
(sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while at the same time not playing teams that belong to other sets in the division.
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In lang=en terms the difference between seize and group
is that seize is to bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up while group is to come together to form a group.As verbs the difference between seize and group
is that seize is to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture while group is to put together to form a group.As a noun group is
a number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.seize
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Verb
(seiz)- to seize smuggled goods
- to seize a ship after libeling
- a panic seized the crowd
- a fever seized him
- to seize two fish-hooks back to back
- to seize or stop one rope on to another
- to seize on the neck of a horse
- The text which had seized upon his heart with such comfort and strength abode upon him for more than a year.'' (''Southey , Bunyan, p. 21)
- Nearing what she thought was a climax, he started seizing and fell off her. Later, realizing he was dead, she became alarmed and dragged the body to his vehicle to make it look like he had died in his truck.
- Rust caused the engine to seize , never to run again.
Derived terms
* be seized of, be seized with * seizable * seize the day * seize on, seize upon * seize up * seizer * seizorReferences
group
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Alternative forms
* groupe (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
Finland spreads word on schools, passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}