Sequestrate vs. Sequester — What's the Difference?

A formal action in bankruptcy.

To separate from others.

To take legal control of assets temporarily.

To isolate or hide for protection.

Imposed by a legal ruling.

Can imply voluntary isolation.

To isolate something by legal authority.

To store securely.

Often used in the context of legal disputes.

Environmental term for trapping carbon dioxide.

To sequester.

To cause to withdraw into seclusion

To sequester.

To remove or set apart; segregate or hide

(mycology) Having enclosed underground or partially buried fruiting bodies, like a truffle.

To remove or isolate (a chemical, often a gas) from an environment by incorporation, mixing, or insertion under pressure

To sequester.

(Law) To take temporary possession of (property) as security against legal claims.

Keep away from others;

To requisition and confiscate (enemy property).

Set apart from others;

To undergo sequestration.

To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.

To separate in order to store.

To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.

(chemistry) To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound

(legal) To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.

To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.

To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.

To seize and hold enemy property.

(intransitive) To withdraw; to retire.

To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.

Sequestration; separation

(legal) A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee

(medicine) A sequestrum.

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate.

To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.

To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.

To cause to retire or withdraw into obscurity; to seclude; to withdraw; - often used reflexively.

To withdraw; to retire.

To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.

Sequestration; separation.

A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or referee.

Same as Sequestrum.

Requisition forcibly, as of enemy property;

Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority;

Undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion;

Keep away from others;

Set apart from others;

Sequestrate is used to describe the legal process of taking control of someone's assets until a dispute is resolved.

Yes, sequester can also describe actions like isolating oneself for personal reasons.

It means to legally take control of a company's assets, typically in the context of bankruptcy or legal disputes.

Yes, individuals might voluntarily sequester themselves for various personal reasons.

Sequester often refers to the process of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide, as in carbon sequestration.

For reasons such as privacy, reflection, or intensive focus on a task.

Someone might sequester themselves to focus on writing or studying away from distractions.

In legal contexts, it usually is, but in broader uses, it can be voluntary.

It helps mitigate climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Sequestrate is specifically about asset control, while sequester could involve isolating people, such as jurors.

Generally, sequestration is temporary, pending legal resolution.

It typically lasts until the related legal or environmental goal is achieved.

No, due to their specific contexts and connotations, they are not typically interchangeable.

Sequestrate involves a direct legal order, while sequester can be ordered or voluntarily undertaken.

Both involve isolation, but sequestration is broader and can apply to people, assets, or environmental elements.