Attachment vs. Seizure

Attachmentnoun

The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.

Seizurenoun

The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.

‘the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.’; ‘The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.’;

Attachmentnoun

A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.

‘I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!’;

Seizurenoun

A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).

‘He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epileptic seizure occurred.’;

Attachmentnoun

A dependence, especially a strong one.

Seizurenoun

A sudden onset of pain or emotion.

‘He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.’;

Attachmentnoun

A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.

Seizurenoun

(obsolete) Retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.

Attachmentnoun

The means by which something is physically attached.

Seizurenoun

That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.

Attachmentnoun

(computing) A file sent along with an email.

Seizurenoun

The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.

Attachmentnoun

(legal) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.

‘attachment of earnings’;

Seizurenoun

Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership.

‘Make o'er thy honor by a deed of trust,And give me seizure of the mighty wealth.’;

Attachmentnoun

(meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.

Seizurenoun

That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.

Attachmentnoun

The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an passion of affection that binds a person; as, an attachment to a friend, or to a party.

Seizurenoun

a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease;

‘he suffered an epileptic seizure’;

Attachmentnoun

That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle.

‘The human mind . . . has exhausted its forces in the endeavor to rend the supernatural from its attachment to this history.’;

Seizurenoun

the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

Attachmentnoun

Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.).

Seizurenoun

the act of taking of a person by force

Attachmentnoun

A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process.

Seizurenoun

the taking possession of something by legal process

Attachmentnoun

a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

Seizure

A seizure, formally known as an epileptic seizure, is a period of symptoms due to abnormally excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. Outward effects vary from uncontrolled shaking movements involving much of the body with loss of consciousness (tonic-clonic seizure), to shaking movements involving only part of the body with variable levels of consciousness (focal seizure), to a subtle momentary loss of awareness (absence seizure).

Attachmentnoun

a supplementary part or accessory

Attachmentnoun

a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding

Attachmentnoun

a connection that fastens things together

Attachmentnoun

faithful support for a religion or cause or political party

Attachmentnoun

the act of attaching or affixing something

Attachmentnoun

the act of fastening things together