seizure vs absence seizure

absence seizure vs seizure

seizure and absence seizure both are nouns.

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

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

seizure: a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
absence seizure: 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 (noun)	absence seizure (noun)
the taking possession of something by legal process	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
the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
the act of taking of a person by force
a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease

Difference between seizure and absence seizure

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