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Coercive vs Coercivity - What's the difference?

coercive | coercivity |

As an adjective coercive

is displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.

As a noun coercivity is

(uncountable) the quality of being coercive.

coercive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.
  • * 2006 July 19, Washington Post Staff Writers, "U.S. Is Studying Military Strike Options on Iran",Washington Post p.A01
    • The Bush administration is studying options for military strikes against Iran as part of a broader strategy of coercive diplomacy to pressure Tehran to abandon its alleged nuclear development program, according to U.S. officials and independent analysts.

    coercivity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being coercive
  • (physics, materials science) The intensity of the magnetic field which must be applied in order to reduce the magnetization of a ferromagnetic material to zero after the magnetization of the sample has been driven to saturation

    • Synonyms

    *(quality of being coercive) coerciveness

    See also

    *permeability *hard *soft *permanent magnet *(wikipedia "coercivity")