distrain vs seize

distrain and seize both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distrain	No	No	Yes	No
seize	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, seize is a hypernym of distrain; that is, seize is a word with a broader meaning than distrain:

Other hypernyms of distrain include attach, confiscate, impound, sequester.

distrain (verb)	seize (verb)
confiscate by distress	capture the attention or imagination of
levy a distress on	affect
legally take something in place of a debt payment	take into your hands deliberately
	take or capture by force
	hook by a pull on the line
	take possession of by force, as after an invasion
	take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
	seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession