The difference between Arrest and Dazzle
When used as nouns, arrest means a check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something, whereas dazzle means a light of dazzling brilliancy.
When used as verbs, arrest means to stop the motion of (a person or animal), whereas dazzle means to confuse the sight of by means of excessive brightness.
check bellow for the other definitions of Arrest and Dazzle
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Arrest as a noun:
A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.
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Arrest as a noun:
The condition of being stopped, standstill.
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Arrest as a noun (legal):
The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
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Arrest as a noun:
A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
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Arrest as a noun:
A device to physically arrest motion.
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Arrest as a noun (nautical):
The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
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Arrest as a noun (obsolete):
Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
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Arrest as a noun (farriery):
A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse.
Examples:
"rfquotek White"
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Arrest as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To stop the motion of (a person or animal).
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Arrest as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To stay, remain.
Examples:
"rfquotek Spenser"
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Arrest as a verb (transitive):
To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
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Arrest as a verb (transitive):
To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
Examples:
"The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry."
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Arrest as a verb (transitive):
To catch the attention of.
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Dazzle as a verb (transitive):
To confuse the sight of by means of excessive brightness.
Examples:
"'Dazzled by the headlights of the lorry, the deer stopped in the middle of the street."
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Dazzle as a verb (transitive, figuratively):
To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.
Examples:
"synonyms: impress overpower"
"The delegates were dazzled by the originality of his arguments."
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Dazzle as a verb (intransitive):
To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.
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Dazzle as a noun:
A light of dazzling brilliancy.
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Dazzle as a noun (figurative):
Showy brilliance that may stop a person from thinking clearly.
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Dazzle as a noun (uncommon):
A herd of zebra.