Trap vs Capture - What's the difference?

In computing terms the difference between trap and capture

is that trap is an exception generated by the processor or by an external event while capture is a particular match found for a pattern in a text string.

As nouns the difference between trap and capture

is that trap is a machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body while capture is an act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.

As verbs the difference between trap and capture

is that trap is to physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap while capture is to take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.

trap

English

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Etymology 1

(etyl) (m), from (etyl) and possibly Albanian (m) "raft, channel, path". Connection to "step" is "that upon which one steps". (etyl) are ultimately borrowings from (etyl).

Noun

(en noun)

A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.

I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.

A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.

Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.

* Shakespeare

God and your majesty / Protect mine innocence, or I fall into / The trap is laid for me!

A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.

Close the trap , would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck.

A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball; the game of trapball itself.

Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.

They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap .

A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.

A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.

(historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.

* 1913 , D.H. Lawrence,

The two women looked down the alley. At the end of the Bottoms a man stood in a sort of old-fashioned trap , bending over bundles of cream-coloured stuff; while a cluster of women held up their arms to him, some with bundles.

* 1919 ,

I had told them they could have my trap to take them as far as the road went, because after that they had a long walk.

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At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap , came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar.

(slang) A person's mouth.

Keep your trap shut .

(in the plural) belongings

* 1870 , , Running for Governor ,

...his cabin-mates in Montana losing small valuables from time to time, until at last, these things having been invariably found on Mr. Twain's person or in his "trunk" (newspaper he rolled his traps in)...

(slang) cubicle (in a public toilet)

I've just laid a cable in trap 2 so I'd give it 5 minutes if I were you.

(sports) Short for trapshooting.

(computing) An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.

(Australia, slang, historical) A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.

* 1996 , Judith Kapferer, Being All Equal: Identity, Difference and Australian Cultural Practice , page 84,

The miners? grievances centred on the issue of the compulsory purchase of miners? licences and the harassment of raids by the licensing police, the ‘traps ,’ in search of unlicensed miners.

* 2006 , Helen Calvert, Jenny Herbst, Ross Smith, Australia and the World: Thinking Historically , page 55,

Diggers were angered by frequent licence inspections and harassment by ‘the traps ’ (the goldfield police).

(US, slang, informal, African American Vernacular English) A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold.

(slang, informal, pejorative) A person with male genitalia who can be mistaken for a female; a convincing transvestite or transwoman.

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A kind of movable stepladder.

(Knight)

Synonyms

* snare

Derived terms

* activity trap * beartrap/bear trap * betrap * booby trap * bus trap * firetrap * fish-trap * honey trap * mantrap * mousetrap * offside trap * optical trap * radar trap * rattletrap * speed trap * tourist trap * trapdoor * (l)

Verb

(trapp)
To physically , to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.

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To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.

* Dryden

I trapped the foe.

To provide with a trap.

To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.

To leave suddenly, to flee.

(US, slang, informal, African American Vernacular English) (slang) To sell narcotics, especially in a public area.

(computing) To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.

Etymology 2

(Trap rock) From (etyl) trapp, from .

Noun

(-)
A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.

Derived terms

* trappean * trappous * trappy

Etymology 3

Akin to (etyl) .

Verb

(trapp)
To dress with ornaments; to adorn; said especially of horses.

* Spenser

to deck his hearse, and trap his tomb-black steed

* Tennyson

There she found her palfrey trapped / In purple blazoned with armorial gold.

Etymology 4

Shortening.

Noun

(en noun)
(slang, bodybuilding) trapezius (muscle)

Anagrams

* part * prat * rapt * tarp ----

capture
English

Noun
(en noun)
An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.

* Blackstone

even with regard to captures made at sea

The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.

the capture of a lover's heart

Something that has been captured; a captive.

(computing) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.

Verb

To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.

to capture an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal

* 2014 , Ian Black, " Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian , 27 November 2014:

Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.

To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.

She captured the sounds of a subway station on tape.

She captured the details of the fresco in a series of photographs.

To reproduce convincingly.

His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work.

In her latest masterpiece, she captured the essence of Venice.

To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).

My pawn was captured .

He captured his opponent’s queen on the 15th move.

* 1954 , Fred Reinfeld, How to Be a Winner at Chess , page 63, Hanover House (Garden City, NY)

How deeply ingrained capturing is in the mind of a chess master can be seen from this story.

Derived terms
* screen capture * capture the flag
Related terms
* captivate * captive * captivity * caption
See also
* take * arrest * apprehend * take over * snapshot
Anagrams
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