Electroshock vs. Taser — What's the Difference?

See electroconvulsive therapy.

A taser is an electroshock weapon used to incapacitate targets via shocks that temporarily impair the target's physical function to a level that allows them to be approached and handled in an unresisting and thus safe manner. It is sold by Axon, formerly TASER International.

(An) electric shock.

A Taser, a handheld device made by Taser International intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock.

(medicine) Electroconvulsive therapy.

(by extension) Any electroshock stun gun.

(medicine) To administer electroconvulsive therapy.

To shock a person, thing, individual, or animal with a handheld device with the electric shock that it delivers; to stun with a stun gun.

The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma

(figuratively) To strike verbally or gesturally with ill intents.