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Coercion vs Imposition - What's the difference?

coercion | imposition |

As nouns the difference between coercion and imposition

is that coercion is actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing while imposition is the act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.

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.

    • Related terms

    * coerce * coercer * coercible

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    imposition

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia imposition) (en noun)
  • The act of imposing]], laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, [[obtrude, obtruding, and the like.
  • That which is imposed, levied]], or [[enjoin, enjoined.
  • An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put or laid on others.
  • (printing) Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.
  • (religion) A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
  • (UK) A task imposed on a student as punishment.

    • Synonyms

    * (act of imposing and the like) imposure, infliction, obtrusion * burden, charge, enjoinder, injunction, tax * cheating, deception, delusion, fraud, imposture, trick

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