Apprehend vs. Arrest — What's the Difference?

To take into custody; arrest

An arrest is the act of apprehending and taking a person into custody (legal protection or control), usually because the person has been suspected of or observed committing a crime. After being taken into custody, the person can be questioned further and/or charged.

To grasp mentally; understand

To stop; check

To become conscious of, as through the emotions or senses; perceive

To seize and hold under the authority of law.

(Archaic) To anticipate with worry or dread.

To capture and hold briefly (the attention, for example); engage.

To understand something.

To undergo cardiac arrest

(transitive)

The act of detaining in legal custody

To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.

The state of being so detained

To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.

A device for stopping motion, especially of a moving part.

To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.

The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped.

To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.

A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.

To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.

The condition of being stopped, standstill.

To seize or take (something); to take hold of.

(legal) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

(law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.

A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.

(obsolete)

A device to physically arrest motion.

(intransitive)

(nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.

To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.

(obsolete) Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.

To understand.

(farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse

To be apprehensive; to fear.

To stop the motion of (a person, animal, or body part).

To take or seize; to take hold of.

To stay, remain.

Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.

(transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).

To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.

(transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.

To know or learn with certainty.

(transitive) To catch the attention of.

To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.

To undergo cardiac arrest.

To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.

To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

To be apprehensive; to fear.

To take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.

Get the meaning of something;

To seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.

Take into custody;

To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.

Anticipate with dread or anxiety

To tarry; to rest.

The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.

The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.

Any seizure by power, physical or moral.

A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; - also named rat-tails.

The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);

The state of inactivity following an interruption;

Take into custody;

Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of;

Attract and fix;

Cause to stop;