overpower vs seize

overpower and seize both are verbs.

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

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

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

overpower (verb)	seize (verb)
overcome by superior force	capture the attention or imagination of
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli	affect
	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