The difference between Arrest and Rescue

When used as nouns, arrest means a check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something, whereas rescue means an act or episode of rescuing, saving.

When used as verbs, arrest means to stop the motion of (a person or animal), whereas rescue means to save from any violence, danger or evil.

check bellow for the other definitions of Arrest and Rescue

  1. Arrest as a noun:

    A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.

  2. Arrest as a noun:

    The condition of being stopped, standstill.

  3. Arrest as a noun (legal):

    The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

  4. Arrest as a noun:

    A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.

  5. Arrest as a noun:

    A device to physically arrest motion.

  6. Arrest as a noun (nautical):

    The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.

  7. Arrest as a noun (obsolete):

    Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.

  8. Arrest as a noun (farriery):

    A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek White"

  1. Arrest as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To stop the motion of (a person or animal).

  2. Arrest as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To stay, remain.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Spenser"

  3. Arrest as a verb (transitive):

    To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).

  4. 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."

  5. Arrest as a verb (transitive):

    To catch the attention of.

  1. Rescue as a verb:

    To save from any violence, danger or evil.

    Examples:

    "The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche."

  2. Rescue as a verb:

    To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.

    Examples:

    "to rescue a prisoner from the enemy''."

  3. Rescue as a verb:

    To recover forcibly.

  4. Rescue as a verb:

    To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.

  5. Rescue as a verb (figuratively):

    To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.

    Examples:

    "Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls."

  6. Rescue as a verb (figuratively):

    To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.

  1. Rescue as a noun:

    An act or episode of rescuing, saving.

  2. Rescue as a noun:

    A liberation, freeing.

  3. Rescue as a noun:

    The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril

    Examples:

    "The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders"

  4. Rescue as a noun:

    A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded

  5. Rescue as a noun:

    A rescuee.

    Examples:

    "The dog was a rescue with some behavior issues."

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