Seize vs Rivet - What's the difference?
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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
* 2012 , Daniel M. Avery, Tales of a Country Obstetrician
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 cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
(figuratively) any fixed point or certain basis
(obsolete) a light kind of footman's armour (back-formation from almain-rivet)
to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
to install rivets
to command the attention of.
* 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
Seize is a related term of rivet.
In lang=en terms the difference between seize and rivet
is that seize is to bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up while rivet is to command the attention of.In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between seize and rivet
is that seize is (obsolete) to fasten, fix while rivet is (obsolete) a light kind of footman's armour (back-formation from almain-rivet).As verbs the difference between seize and rivet
is that seize is to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture while rivet is to attach or fasten parts by using rivets.As a noun rivet is
a cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.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
rivet
English
(wikipedia rivet)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* rivet counter * pop rivetVerb
- The furnishings and other contents of the room it was which riveted his attention. He examined many things minutely--strange tools and weapons, books, paper, clothing-- what little had withstood the ravages of time in the humid atmosphere of the jungle coast.