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Arrange vs Arrest - What's the difference?

arrange | arrest |


As an adjective arrange

is organized, neat.

As a verb arrange

is .

As a noun arrest is

arrest, confinement, detention.

Arrest vs Punish - What's the difference?

arrest | punish |


As a noun arrest

is arrest, confinement, detention.

As a verb punish is

to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.

Arrest vs Intern - What's the difference?

arrest | intern |


As nouns the difference between arrest and intern

is that arrest is arrest, confinement, detention while intern is a person who is interned, forceably or voluntarily or intern can be a student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.

As a verb intern is

to imprison somebody, usually without trial.

As an adjective intern is

(archaic) internal.

Arrest vs Chase - What's the difference?

arrest | chase |


In nautical terms the difference between arrest and chase

is that arrest is the judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators while chase is any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.

In transitive terms the difference between arrest and chase

is that arrest is to catch the attention of while chase is to decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.

As nouns the difference between arrest and chase

is that arrest is a check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something while chase is the act of one who chases another; a pursuit.

As verbs the difference between arrest and chase

is that arrest is to stop the motion of (a person or animal) while chase is to pursue, to follow at speed.

As a proper noun Chase is

{{surname|from=nicknames}} from a Middle English nickname for a hunter.

Arrest vs Retard - What's the difference?

arrest | retard | Related terms |


In transitive terms the difference between arrest and retard

is that arrest is to catch the attention of while retard is to put off; to postpone.

As nouns the difference between arrest and retard

is that arrest is a check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something while retard is retardation; delay.

As verbs the difference between arrest and retard

is that arrest is to stop the motion of (a person or animal) while retard is to keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder.

Arrest vs Attractive - What's the difference?

arrest | attractive |


As a noun arrest

is arrest, confinement, detention.

As an adjective attractive is

causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.

Arrest vs Convict - What's the difference?

arrest | convict |


In lang=en terms the difference between arrest and convict

is that arrest is the act of arresting a criminal, suspect etc while convict is a person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.

In transitive terms the difference between arrest and convict

is that arrest is to catch the attention of while convict is to find guilty.

As nouns the difference between arrest and convict

is that arrest is a check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something while convict is a person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.

As verbs the difference between arrest and convict

is that arrest is to stop the motion of (a person or animal) while convict is to find guilty.

Arrest vs Impede - What's the difference?

arrest | impede | Related terms |

Arrest is a related term of impede.


As a noun arrest

is arrest, confinement, detention.

As a verb impede is

to get in the way of; to hinder.

Persecute vs Arrest - What's the difference?

persecute | arrest |


As verbs the difference between persecute and arrest

is that persecute is to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship while arrest is to stop the motion of (a person or animal).

As a noun arrest is

a check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.

Clutch vs Arrest - What's the difference?

clutch | arrest | Related terms |

Clutch is a related term of arrest.


As nouns the difference between clutch and arrest

is that clutch is the claw of a predatory animal or bird or clutch can be a brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs while arrest is arrest, confinement, detention.

As a verb clutch

is to seize, as though with claws.

As an adjective clutch

is (us) performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.

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