Yank vs Seize - What's the difference?
yank | seize |
A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
To pull something with a quick, strong action.
to remove from circulation
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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English words not following the I before E except after C rule
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As a noun yank
is (us) a yankee, a northerner: someone from the northern united states, especially from new england.As a verb seize is
to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.yank
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* jerk, tugVerb
(en verb)- They yanked the product as soon as they learned it was unsafe.
Synonyms
* (pull with a quick strong action) jerk, tug * (remove from circulation) pull, recallReferences
*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.