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Controlling vs Forcing - What's the difference?

controlling | forcing |

As verbs the difference between controlling and forcing

is that controlling is present participle of lang=en while forcing is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective controlling

is having control over a person or thing.

As a noun forcing is

the art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed.

controlling

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having control over a person or thing.
    • His mother is very controlling .

    Synonyms

    * dominant, domineering, manipulative

    Verb

    (head)

    • forcing

    English

    Noun

  • (horticulture) The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed
  • (photography) An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail
  • (set theory) A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory. See .
  • (climatology, countable) The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.

    • Derived terms

    * radiative forcing

    Verb

    (head)