foreclose vs repossess

foreclose and repossess both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
foreclose	No	No	Yes	No
repossess	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, repossess is a hypernym of foreclose; that is, repossess is a word with a broader meaning than foreclose:

foreclose: subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
repossess: claim back

Other hypernyms of foreclose include reclaim.

foreclose (verb)	repossess (verb)
subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage	claim back
keep from happening or arising; make impossible	regain possession of something