Arrest vs. Apprehend

Arrest vs. Apprehend — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Arrest and Apprehend

Arrestnoun

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

Apprehendverb

To take or seize; to take hold of.

Arrestnoun

The condition of being stopped, standstill.

Apprehendverb

(transitive) To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest.

to apprehend a criminal.

Arrestnoun

(legal) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

Apprehendverb

(transitive) To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.

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Arrestnoun

A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.

Apprehendverb

(transitive) To anticipate; especially, to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.

Arrestnoun

A device to physically arrest motion.

Apprehendverb

(intransitive) To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.

Arrestnoun

(nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.

Apprehendverb

(intransitive) To be apprehensive; to fear.

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Arrestnoun

(obsolete) Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.

Apprehendverb

get the meaning of something;

Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?

Arrestnoun

(farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse.

Apprehendverb

take into custody;

the police nabbed the suspected criminals

Arrestverb

To stop the motion of (a person or animal).

Apprehendverb

anticipate with dread or anxiety

Arrestverb

To stay, remain.

Arrestverb

(transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).

Arrestverb

(transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.

The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.

Arrestverb

(transitive) To catch the attention of.

Arrestnoun

the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);

the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar

Arrestnoun

the state of inactivity following an interruption;

the negotiations were in arrestheld them in checkduring the halt he got some lunchthe momentary stay enabled him to escape the blowhe spent the entire stop in his seat

Arrestverb

take into custody;

the police nabbed the suspected criminals

Arrestverb

hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of;

Arrest the downward trendCheck the growth of communism in Sout East AsiaContain the rebel movementTurn back the tide of communism

Arrestverb

attract and fix;

His look caught herShe caught his eyeCatch the attention of the waiter

Arrestverb

cause to stop;

Halt the enginesArrest the progresshalt the presses