Coercive vs Obligatory - What's the difference?
coercive | obligatory |
Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.
* 2006 July 19, Washington Post Staff Writers,
Imposing obligation, morally or legally; binding.
* Richard Baxter
Requiring a matter or obligation.
As adjectives the difference between coercive and obligatory
is that coercive is displaying a tendency or intent to coerce while obligatory is imposing obligation, morally or legally; binding.coercive
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Adjective
(en adjective)"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.
obligatory
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Adjective
(en adjective)- an obligatory promise
- if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory .
