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Coaction vs Coercion - What's the difference?

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Coaction is a related term of coercion.


As nouns the difference between coaction and coercion

is that coaction is (obsolete) force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling or coaction can be (mathematics) while coercion is (not countable) actual]] or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of [[coerce|coercing.

coaction

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) coactio.

Noun

  • (obsolete) force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling
    • (South)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics)
    • actions and coactions of measured groupoids on von Neumann algebras

    coercion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (not countable) Actual]] or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of [[coerce, coercing.
  • (legal, not countable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
  • (countable) A specific instance of coercing.
  • (computing, countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.

    • Related terms

    * coerce * coercer * coercible

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