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Coercion vs Humiliation - What's the difference?

coercion | humiliation |

As nouns the difference between coercion and humiliation

is that coercion is (not countable) actual]] or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of [[coerce|coercing while humiliation is the act of humiliating]] or [[humble#verb|humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.

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.
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    humiliation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of humiliating]] or [[humble#Verb, humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
  • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}
  • The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
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  •     One morning Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln were having breakfast when Lincoln did something that aroused the fiery temper of his wife. What, no one remembers now. But Mrs. Lincoln, in a rage, dashed a cup of hot coffee into her husband's face. And she did it in front of the other boarders.
        Saying nothing, Lincoln sat there in humiliation and silence while Mrs. Early came with a wet towel and wiped off his face and clothes.

    Synonyms

    * abasement * dishonor * embarrassment * humbling * shame, shaming