Apprehend vs. Comprehend

Apprehendverb

To take or seize; to take hold of.

Apprehendverb

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

Apprehendverb

(transitive) To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.

Apprehendverb

(transitive) To anticipate; especially, to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.

Apprehendverb

(intransitive) To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.

Apprehendverb

(intransitive) To be apprehensive; to fear.

Apprehendverb

To take or seize; to take hold of.

Apprehendverb

Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal.

Apprehendverb

To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.

Apprehendverb

To know or learn with certainty.

Apprehendverb

To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.

Apprehendverb

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

Apprehendverb

To be apprehensive; to fear.

Apprehendverb

get the meaning of something;

Apprehendverb

take into custody;

Apprehendverb

anticipate with dread or anxiety

Comprehendverb

To include, comprise; to contain.

Comprehendverb

To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.

Comprehendverb

To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

Comprehendverb

To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.

Comprehendverb

To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.

Comprehendverb

get the meaning of something;

Comprehendverb

to become aware of through the senses;

Comprehendverb

include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory;

Comprehendverb

grasp mentally; understand

Comprehendverb

include, comprise, or encompass