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Forced vs Coercion - What's the difference?

forced | coercion |

As a verb forced

is (force).

As an adjective forced

is obtained forcefully, not naturally.

As a noun coercion is

(not countable) actual]] or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of [[coerce|coercing.

forced

English

Verb

(head)
  • (force)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • obtained forcefully, not naturally
  • Her forced smile was harder and harder to keep as her critical father kept on complaining about her.
  • opened or accessed using force
  • Derived terms

    * forced entry * forced labour * forced landing * forced laugh * forced march * forced sale * forced smile

    coercion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (not countable) Actual]] or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of [[coerce, coercing.
  • (legal, not countable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
  • (countable) A specific instance of coercing.
  • (computing, countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
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