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Coerce vs Menace - What's the difference?

coerce | menace |

As verbs the difference between coerce and menace

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

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

    External links

    * * English transitive verbs ----

    menace

    English

    Etymology 1

    First attested ante 1300: from the (etyl) manace, menace, from the (etyl) .

    Noun

    (menaces)
  • a perceived threat or danger
  • * Dryden
    • the dark menace of the distant war
  • the act of threatening
  • an annoying and bothersome person

    • References

    * “ menace, n.'']” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989

    Etymology 2

    First attested in 1303: from the (etyl) menacer, manecier, manechier and the (etyl) manasser, from the assumed , whence .

    Verb

    (transitive'' or ''intransitive )
  • To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
    • to menace a country with war
  • * Shakespeare
    • My master did menace me with death.
  • To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
  • * Shakespeare
    • By oath he menaced / Revenge upon the cardinal.
  • To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.

    • References

    * “ menace, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989 ----