Enforced vs Demanded - What's the difference?
enforced | demanded |
(enforce)
(obsolete) To strengthen (a castle, town etc.) with extra troops, fortifications etc.
(obsolete) To intensify, make stronger, add force to.
(obsolete, reflexive) To exert oneself, to try hard.
*, Bk.VII:
*:I pray you enforce youreselff at that justis that ye may be beste, for my love.
To give strength or force to; to affirm, to emphasize.
:The victim was able to enforce his evidence against the alleged perpetrator.
(archaic) To compel, oblige (someone or something); to force.
*, I.2.4.iv:
*:Uladislaus the Second, King of Poland, and Peter Dunnius, Earl of Shrinehad been hunting late, and were enforced to lodge in a poor cottage.
*1899 , E. OE. Somerville and Martin Ross, Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.'', Great Uncle McCarthy :
*:In a few minutes I was stealthily groping my way down my own staircase, with a box of matches in my hand, enforced by scientific curiosity, but none the less armed with a stick.
To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force.
:The police are there to enforce the law.
(obsolete) To make or gain by force; to force.
:to enforce a passage
*Spenser
*:enforcing furious way
(obsolete) To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.
*Shakespeare
*:As swift as stones / Enforced from the old Assyrian slings.
(obsolete) To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy.
:to enforce arguments or requests
*Burke
*:enforcing sentiment of the thrust humanity
(obsolete) To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.
*Shakespeare
*:Enforce him with his envy to the people.
To prove; to evince.
:(Hooker)
(demand)
The desire to purchase goods and services.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.
A need.
A claim for something.
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, passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
A requirement.
An urgent request.
An order.
(electricity supply) A measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time interval.
To request forcefully.
To claim a right to something.
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, title= To ask forcefully for information.
To require of someone.
(legal) To issue a summons to court.
As verbs the difference between enforced and demanded
is that enforced is (enforce) while demanded is (demand).enforced
English
Verb
(head)enforce
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Alternative forms
* inforce (obsolete)Verb
(enforc)Derived terms
* enforcer * enforcementdemanded
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*demand
English
Alternative forms
* demaund, demaunde (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Michael Sivak
Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?, passage=Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand' for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the ' demand .}}
Usage notes
One can also make demands on someone. * See for uses and meaning of demand collocated with these words.Synonyms
* (a requirement) impositionDerived terms
* demand-driven * in demand * on demandVerb
(en verb)Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}