seizure vs absence

absence vs seizure

seizure and absence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
seizure	Yes	No	No	No
absence	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, absence is a hyponym of seizure; that is, absence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than seizure:

seizure: a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
absence: the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy

Other hyponyms of seizure include convulsion, focal seizure, raptus hemorrhagicus, absence seizure.

seizure (noun)	absence (noun)
the taking possession of something by legal process	failure to be present
the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property	the state of being absent
the act of taking of a person by force	the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease	the time interval during which something or somebody is away

Difference between seizure and absence

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