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seize vs snatch up

snatch up vs seize

seize and snatch up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
seize No No Yes No
snatch up No No Yes No
As verbs, snatch up is a hyponym of seize; that is, snatch up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than seize:
  • seize: take into your hands deliberately
  • snatch up: to grasp hastily or eagerly
seize (verb) snatch up (verb)
capture the attention or imagination of to grasp hastily or eagerly
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
Difference between seize and snatch up

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