Difference between Apprehension and Catch

What is the difference between Apprehension and Catch?

Apprehension as a noun is the physical act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure. while Catch as a noun is the act of seizing or capturing.

Apprehension

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The physical act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea. The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill.

Example sentence: When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.

Catch

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of seizing or capturing.The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.The game of catching a ball.A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.Something which is captured or caught.The amount which is caught, especially of fish.A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.A fragment of music or poetry.A state of readiness to capture or seize; an ambush.A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.The first contact of an oar with the water.A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To seize a moving object, with the hands or otherwise.To capture or snare, especially an animal.To seize after a pursuit.To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.To attract and hold.To charm or entrance.To discover, to surprise in the act.To seize (an opportunity).To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).To be in time for; to reach in time (especially, in time to leave).To travel by means of.To spread or be conveyed to.To be infected by.To be affected by; to join in.To regain something necessary, such as breath or sleep.To overtake or catch up to.To receive and retain.To have something be held back or impeded.To suffer from; to receive.To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.To engage, stick, or latch.To make a grasping or snatching motion.To catch fire; to ignite.To be held back or impeded.To hesitate, as if momentarily stuck.To spread by contagion.To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.To hit someone in a specific place.To be hit by something.To touch or be touched by, especially wind or light.To entrap or trip up a person, especially deceptively.To become pregnant.To marry or enter into a similar relationship with a man.To handle an exception.To play a specific period of time as the catcher.To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.To lower one's oars into the water at the beginning of the stroke.To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.To deliver or assist in the delivery of a baby.To germinate and set down roots.To turn over.To receive wind; to be blown on.

Example sentence: Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.

We hope you now know whether to use Apprehension or Catch in your sentence.

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