repossess vs foreclose

repossess and foreclose both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of repossess include distrain.

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