Coerced vs Contrived - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between coerced and contrived

is that coerced is past tense of coerce, being forced while contrived is past tense of contrive.

unnatural, forced.

(head)

(coerce), being forced

(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.

* compel * bully * dragoon

* coercion * coercer * coercee * coercible

(head)

(contrive)

(en adjective)

unnatural, forced

*staged

* spontaneous