Capture is a synonym of apprehend.

Apprehend is a see also of capture.

As verbs the difference between apprehend and capture

is that apprehend is (archaic) to take or seize; to take hold of while capture is to take
control of; to seize by force or stratagem.

As a noun capture is
an act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.

Trebuchet MS
apprehend capture
English English
Verb Noun
(en verb) (en noun)
 (archaic) To take or seize; to take hold of.  An act of capturing; a seizing by force or
 * (rfdate), . stratagem.
We have two hands to apprehend it.  * Blackstone
 To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest. even with regard to captures made
to apprehend a criminal . at sea
 To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to  The securing of an object of strife or
conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to desire, as by the power of some attraction.
understand; to recognize; to consider. the capture of a lover's heart
 * (rfdate), .  Something that has been captured; a
This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but captive.
a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he  (computing) A particular match found for
violently apprehended it. a pattern in a text string.
 * (rfdate)
The eternal laws, such as the heroic Verb
age apprehendedthem.
 To take control of; to seize by force or
 *
stratagem.
 To anticipate; especially, to anticipate with anxiety, to capture an enemy, a vessel, or a
dread, or fear; to fear. criminal
 * (rfdate) -- .  * 2014 , Ian Black, " Courts kept busy as
The opposition had more reason than the king Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The
to apprehend violence. Guardian , 27 November 2014:
 To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to Arrests and prosecutions intensified
suppose. after Isis captured Mosul in June, but
 To be apprehensive; to fear. the groundwork had been laid by an
 * (rfdate) . earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-
It is worse to apprehend than to suffer. terrorism law. It is estimated that
2,000 Jordanians have fought and
Usage notes 250 of them have died in Syria –
To apprehend, comprehend. These words come into making them the third largest Arab
comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend contingent in Isis after Saudi
denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to Arabians and Tunisians.
understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend  To store (as in sounds or image) for later
denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its revisitation.
compass and extent. We may apprehend many truths which She captured the sounds of a subway
we do not comprehend. The very idea of God supposes that station on tape.
he may be apprehended, though not comprehended, by She captured the details of the fresco in
rational beings. We may apprehend much of Shakespeare's aim a series of photographs.
and intention in the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will  To reproduce convincingly.
claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced in these His film adaptation captured the spirit of
characters. --Trench. the original work.
(material dates from 1913) In her latest masterpiece,
she captured the essence of Venice.
Derived terms  To remove or take control of an
* apprehension * misapprehend opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go,
checkers).
Synonyms My pawn was captured .
* catch, seize, arrest, detain, capture, conceive, He captured his opponent’s queen on the
understand, imagine, believe, fear, dread 15th move.

Derived terms
* screen capture * capture the flag

Related terms
* captivate * captive * captivity * caption

See also
* take * arrest * apprehend * take over *
snapshot.