seize vs distrain

seize and distrain both are verbs.

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

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

Other hyponyms of seize include condemn, garnish, garnishee.

seize (verb)	distrain (verb)
capture the attention or imagination of	confiscate by distress
affect	levy a distress on
take into your hands deliberately	legally take something in place of a debt payment
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