Command vs Force - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between command and force

is that command is to hold, to control the use of while force is to forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).

In obsolete terms the difference between command and force

is that command is to direct to come; to bestow while force is to allow the force of; to value; to care for.

As a proper noun Force is

falls. used in place names.

command
English

Noun
(en noun)
An order to do something.

I was given a command to cease shooting.

The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.

to have command of an army

power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.

he had command of the situation

England has long held command of the sea

a good command of language

A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.

General Smith was placed in command .

The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.

Command cannot be otherwise than savage, for it implies an appeal to force, should force be needful.'' (''H. Spencer , Social Statics, p. 180)

(military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.

* 1899 ,

I asked myself what I was to do there, now my boat was lost. As a matter of fact, I had plenty to do in fishing my command out of the river.

Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.

(computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.

(baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.

He's got good command tonight.

Verb
(en verb)
To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.

The soldier was commanded to cease firing.

The king commanded his servant to bring him dinner.

* Francis Bacon

We are commanded' to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are ' commanded to forgive our friends.

* Shakespeare

Go to your mistress: / Say, I command her come to me.

To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.

to command an army or a ship

* Macaulay

Monmouth commanded the English auxiliaries.

* Shakespeare

Such aid as I can spare you shall command .

To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.

he commanded silence

If thou be the son of God, command that these stones be made bread. (Mat. IV. 3.)

* 2013 , Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing'' (in ''The Guardian , 20 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/19/english-talent-premier-league-importing]

The reasons for this growing disconnect are myriad and complex but the situation is exacerbated by the reality that those English players who do smash through our game's "glass ceiling" command radically inflated transfer fees.

to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.

Bridges commanded by a fortified house. (Motley.)

To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.

A good magistrate commands the respect and affections of the people.

Justice commands the respect and affections of the people.

The best goods command the best price.

This job commands a salary of £30,000.

To hold, to control the use of.

The fort commanded the bay.

* Motley

bridges commanded by a fortified house

* Shakespeare

Up to the eastern tower, / Whose height commands as subject all the vale.

* Addison

One side commands a view of the finest garden.

(archaic) To have a view, as from a superior position.

* Milton

Far and wide his eye commands .

(obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.

* Bible, Leviticus xxv. 21

I will command my blessing upon you.

Synonyms
* (give an order) decree, order
Derived terms
* chain of command * commandable * command economy * commandeer * commander * commandery * command guidance * commanding * command key * command language * command line * commandment * command module * command performance * command post * high command * second in command * self-command * trains command * your wish is my command
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force
English

Etymology 1
From (etyl) force, fors, forse, from (etyl) .
Noun
(wikipedia force)
Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.

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* (1800-1859)

*:He was, in the full force of the words, a good man.

Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

*(William Shakespeare), Henry VI, part II

*:which now they hold by force , and not by right

(lb) Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.

A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body which is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)

Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03, author=(Henry Petroski), volume=100, issue=2, page=112-3
, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Opening Doors , passage=A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.}}
(lb) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.

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*(William Shakespeare), (Cymbeline)

*:Is Lucius general of the forces ?

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*:"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.."

*{{quote-news, year=2004, date=April 15, work=The Scotsman
, title= Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer , passage=For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force , which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year.}}
(lb) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.

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(lb) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.

(lb) Legal validity.

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(lb) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry ", or lawful compulsion.

Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "force": military, cultural, economic, gravitational, electric, magnetic, strong, weak, positive, negative, attractive, repulsive, good, evil, dark, physical, muscular, spiritual, intellectual, mental, emotional, rotational, tremendous, huge.
Derived terms
(Terms derived from "force") * air force * antiforce * brute force * centripetal force * centrifugal force * Coulomb force * Coriolis force * come into force * force field * force multiplier * force to be reckoned with * fundamental force * police force * spent force * task force * workforce
Verb
(forc)
(lb) To violate (a woman); to rape.

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*:For yf ye were suche fyfty as ye be / ye were not able to make resystence ageynst this deuyl / here lyeth a duchesse deede the whiche was the fayrest of alle the world wyf to syre Howel / duc of Bretayne / he hath murthred her in forcynge her / and has slytte her vnto the nauyl

*, II.1:

*:a young woman not farre from mee had headlong cast her selfe out of a high window, with intent to kill herselfe, only to avoid the ravishment of a rascally-base souldier that lay in her house, who offered to force her.

*, Bk.XVIII, Ch.xxi:

*:And I pray you for my sake to force yourselff there, that men may speke you worshyp.

(lb) To compel (someone or something) (to) do something.

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*:Captain Edward Carlisle; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.

*2011 , Tim Webb & Fiona Harvey, The Guardian , 23 March:

*:Housebuilders had warned that the higher costs involved would have forced them to build fewer homes and priced many homebuyers out of the market.

(lb) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.

*, I.40:

*:Shall wee force the general law of nature, which in all living creatures under heaven is seene to tremble at paine?

(lb) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:It stuck so fast, so deeply buried lay / That scarce the victor forced the steel away.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:to force the tyrant from his seat by war

*(John Webster) (c.1580-c.1634)

*:Ethelbert ordered that none should be forced into religion.

*2007 , (The Guardian) , 4 November:

*:In a groundbreaking move, the Pentagon is compensating servicemen seriously hurt when an American tank convoy forced them off the road.

(lb) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.

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*2009 , "All things to Althingi", (The Economist) , 23 July:

*:The second problem is the economy, the shocking state of which has forced the decision to apply to the EU.

(lb) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).

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To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.

To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.

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(lb) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.

(lb) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.

*(John Webster) (c.1580-c.1634)

*:What can the church force more?

(lb) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.

:(Shakespeare)

(lb) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:For me, I force not argument a straw.

Derived terms
* enforce * forceful * forcible
See also
* Imperial unit: foot pound * metric unit: newton * coerce: To control by force.
Etymology 2
From (etyl)
Noun
(en noun)
(countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.

* T. Gray

to see the falls or force of the river Kent

Etymology 3
See .
Verb
(forc)
To stuff; to lard; to farce.

* Shakespeare

Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit.

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