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Coerce vs Daunt - What's the difference?

coerce | daunt |

As verbs the difference between coerce and daunt

is that coerce is to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb while daunt is to discourage, intimidate.

coerce

English

Verb

(coerc)
  • To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
  • to use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against his will.
  • (computing) to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.
  • Synonyms

    * compel * bully * dragoon

    Derived terms

    * coercion * coercer * coercee * coercible

    daunt

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to discourage, intimidate
  • to overwhelm
  • Derived terms

    * daunted * daunter * daunting * dauntingly * dauntless * undaunted