Compel vs Browbeat - What's the difference?
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(transitive, archaic, literally) To drive together, round up (rfex)
To overpower; to subdue.
* 1917 , , King Coal , ch. 16,
To force, constrain or coerce.
* 1600 , , Julius Caesar , act 5, sc. 1,
* Hallam
To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
* Shakespeare
* 1912 , , Sky Island , ch. 14,
(obsolete) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
* Dryden
* Tennyson
(obsolete) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
* Dryden
(obsolete) To call forth; to summon.
* Spenser
To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
In transitive terms the difference between compel and browbeat
is that compel is to exact, extort, (make) produce by force while browbeat is to bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.As verbs the difference between compel and browbeat
is that compel is to drive together, round up while browbeat is to bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.compel
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Verb
- She had one of those perfect faces, which irresistibly compel the soul of a man.
- Logic compels''' the wise, while fools feel '''compelled by emotions.
- Against my will, / As Pompey was, am I compell’d to set / Upon one battle all our liberties.
- Wolsey compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once.
- Commissions, which compel from each / The sixth part of his substance.
- The Queen has nothing but the power to execute the laws, to adjust grievances and to compel order.
- Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled .
- I compel all creatures to my will.
- in one troop compelled
- She had this knight from far compelled .
- (Chapman)
Derived terms
* compellable * compeller * compelling * compellation * compel testimonyReferences
* * * Random House Webster’s Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996. English control verbs English transitive verbsbrowbeat
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Alternative forms
* brow-beatVerb
- Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.
