Difference between Commandeer and Hijack

What is the difference between Commandeer and Hijack?

Commandeer as a verb is to seize for military use while Hijack as a verb is to forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).

Commandeer

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To seize for military use To force into military service To take arbitrarily or by force

Hijack

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.To change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a certain web site (to hijack a browser).To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle.An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.

We hope you now know whether to use Commandeer or Hijack in your sentence.

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