Difference between Hijack and Pirate

What is the difference between Hijack and Pirate?

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). while Pirate as a verb is to appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.

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.

Pirate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Illegaly imitated or reproduced, said of a well-known trademarked product or work subject to copyright protection and the counterfeit itself.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy ofTo knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy ofTo engage in piracy.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission

Example sentence: Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for which most of your work is done before you start.

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

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