overcome vs seize

overcome and seize both are verbs.

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

As verbs, seize is a hyponym of overcome; that is, seize is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than overcome:

Other hyponyms of overcome include devastate, clutch, get hold of, kill, benight, knock out, stagger, lock.

overcome (verb)	seize (verb)
get on top of; deal with successfully	capture the attention or imagination of
overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome	affect
win a victory over	take into your hands deliberately
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli	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