apprehend vs seize

apprehend

verb
  • To seize or take (something); to take hold of. 

  • To be or become aware of (something); to perceive. 

  • To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard. 

  • To understand. 

  • To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose. 

  • To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest. 

  • To be apprehensive; to fear. 

  • To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear. 

  • To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize. 

  • To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand. 

seize

verb
  • To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture. 

  • To have a seizure. 

  • To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance). 

  • Of chocolate: to change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard and gritty texture. 

  • To take possession of (by force, law etc.). 

  • To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up. 

  • (with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court). 

  • To submit for consideration to a deliberative body. 

  • To have a sudden and powerful effect upon. 

  • To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon). 

  • To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line. 

How often have the words apprehend and seize occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )