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Coerce vs Incoercible - What's the difference?

coerce | incoercible |

As a verb coerce

is to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

As an adjective incoercible is

not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced.

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

    incoercible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not to be coerced; incapable of being compelled or forced.
  • (physics, of a gas) Not capable of being reduced to liquid form by pressure.
  • (physics, archaic) That cannot be confined in, or excluded from, vessels, like ordinary fluids, gases, etc.; said of heat, light, electricity, etc.
  • (Webster 1913)