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Usurp vs Filch - What's the difference?

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Usurp is a related term of filch.


As verbs the difference between usurp and filch

is that usurp is to seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means while filch is to steal, to illegally take possession of.

usurp

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
  • To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
  • (obsolete) To make use of.
  • * 1662 , , Appendix, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 149:
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    Related terms

    * usurpation * usurper

    filch

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To steal, to illegally take possession of.
    • Hey! Someone filched my noggin.

    Synonyms

    * lift, nick, pinch, pocket, rob, thieve, flog, (Cockney rhyming slang) half-inch, (slang) knock off, (slang) jack * See also