different between seizure vs paroxysm
seizure
English
Alternative forms
- seisure (obsolete)
Etymology
seize +? -ure
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?si?? /, /?sizj??/
- Rhymes: -i???(r)
Noun
seizure (countable and uncountable, plural seizures)
- The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
- the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.
- The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Chapter VII
- As yet there had been no alarm of fever. The three seizures had excited some comment, however, and had it not been for the counter-excitement of the burning ship, it is possible that Pine's precaution would have been thrown away
- A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
- He fell to the floor and convulsed when the epileptic seizure occurred.
- A sudden onset of pain or emotion.
- He felt the sudden seizure of pain as the heart attack began.
- That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
- (obsolete) Retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.
- Make o'er thy honour by a deed of trust, / And give me seizure of the mighty wealth.
Translations
References
- Search and seizure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- seizure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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paroxysm
English
Etymology
From French paroxysme, from Medieval Latin paroxysmus (“severe illness, fit of agony, paroxysm”), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (paroxusmós, “irritation, the severe fit of a disease”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?pæ?.?k?s?z.?m/
Noun
paroxysm (plural paroxysms)
- A random or sudden outburst (of activity).
- 1903, Jack London, The Call of the Wild
- Unable to turn his back on the fanged danger and go on, the bull would be driven into paroxysms of rage.
- 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
- «There, on the soft sand, a few feet away from our elders, we would sprawl all morning, in a petrified paroxysm of desire, and take advantage of every blessed quirk in space and time to touch each other […] »
- 1983, John Fowles, Mantissa
- Indeed in his excitement at this breakthrough he inadvertently dug his nails into the nurse's bottom, a gesture she misinterpreted, so that he had to suffer a paroxysm of breasts and loins in response.
- 1903, Jack London, The Call of the Wild
- An explosive event during a volcanic eruption.
- A sudden recurrence of a disease, such as a seizure or a coughing fit.
Derived terms
- paroxysmal
Related terms
- oxymoron
Translations
Further reading
- paroxysm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- paroxysm in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- paroxysm at OneLook Dictionary Search
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