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Forced vs Forcible - What's the difference?

forced | forcible |

As adjectives the difference between forced and forcible

is that forced is obtained forcefully, not naturally while forcible is able to be forced.

As a verb forced

is past tense of force.

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

    forcible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be forced.
  • Having force.
  • * Bible, Job vi. 2
    • How forcible are right words!
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when broken.
  • * Hooker
    • That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin.
  • Done by force. Oxford American Dictionaries (MacBook widget)
  • * 2008 , U.S. Department of Justice – Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States
    • Forcible rape, as defined in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, is the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Attempts or assaults to commit rape by force or threat of force are also included; however, statutory rape (without force) and other sex offenses are excluded.
  • Having a powerful effect; telling

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