Difference between Immobilize and Trap

What is the difference between Immobilize and Trap?

Immobilize as a verb is to render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving. while Trap as a verb is to catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.

Immobilize

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.

Trap

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe.To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.To leave suddenly, to flee.To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense.A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball; the game of trapball itself.Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.A kind of movable stepladder.A persons' mouth.(plural) belongingsA transvestite, a man that one engages in a relationship with, believing him to be a woman.An exception generated by the processor.A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.

Example sentence: I remember very vividly, as a child growing up in England, living through the Cuban Missile Crisis. For a few days, the entire biosphere seemed to be on the verge of destruction. And the same weapons are still here, and they're still armed. If we avoid that trap, others are waiting for us.

We hope you now know whether to use Immobilize or Trap in your sentence.

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