When Something Is Apprehension?

Apprehension is fear or anxiety about something, like the apprehension you feel about an upcoming test. Apprehension is also the capture of a criminal — that is, when the criminal is apprehended. Finally, apprehension can mean one's understanding of an idea.

What is a sense of apprehension?

1 : suspicion or fear especially of future evil : foreboding an atmosphere of nervous apprehension. 2 : seizure by legal process : arrest apprehension of a criminal. 3a : the act or power of perceiving or comprehending something a person of dull apprehension.

Does apprehension mean anxiety?

Apprehension, anxiety, misgiving imply an unsettled and uneasy state of mind. Apprehension is an active state of fear, usually of some danger or misfortune: apprehension before opening a telegram. Anxiety is a somewhat prolonged state of apprehensive worry: anxiety because of a reduced income.