Snatched vs Seize - What's the difference?
snatched | seize |
(snatch)
To grasp quickly.
To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch.
To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
* Alexander Pope
To grasp and remove quickly.
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 2
* Thomson
To steal.
(by extension) To take a victory at the last moment.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 13, author=Alistair Magowan, work=BBC Sport
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(weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
A vulva.
* 1962 , Douglas Woolf, Wall to Wall , Grove Press, page 83,
* 1985 , Jackie Collins, Lucky , Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0671524933, page 150,
* 2008 , Jim Craig, North to Disaster , Bushak Press, ISBN 0961711213, page 178,
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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As verbs the difference between snatched and seize
is that snatched is past tense of snatch while seize is to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.snatched
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *snatch
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) snacchen, snecchen, from (etyl) . Related to snack.Verb
- to snatch a kiss
- when half our knowledge we must snatch , not take
- "How many times have I told you?" she cried, and seized him and snatched his stick away from him.
- Snatch me to heaven.
Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd, passage=But, with United fans in celebratory mood as it appeared their team might snatch glory, they faced an anxious wait as City equalised in stoppage time.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
Synonyms
* grab * See alsoDerived terms
* snatcher * purse snatcher * (l)Noun
(es)- The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning.
- I heard a snatch of Mozart as I passed the open window.
- Claude, is it true what they say about Olovia? Of course she’s getting a little old for us—what about Marilyum, did you try her snatch ?
- Roughly Santino ripped the sheet from the bed, exposing all of her. She had blond hair on her snatch , which drove him crazy. He was partial to blondes.
- “You want me to ask Brandy to let you paint her naked body with all this gooey stuff to make a mold of her snatch ?”
Synonyms
* (vagina) cunt, twatEtymology 2
Anagrams
* *seize
English
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.