Forcible vs Boisterous - What's the difference?
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Able to be forced.
Having force.
* Bible, Job vi. 2
* Francis Bacon
* Hooker
Done by force. Oxford American Dictionaries (MacBook widget)
* 2008 , U.S. Department of Justice – Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Having a powerful effect; telling
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Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.
Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.
Having or resembling animal exuberance.
Forcible is a related term of boisterous.
As adjectives the difference between forcible and boisterous
is that forcible is able to be forced while boisterous is full of energy; exuberant; noisy.forcible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- How forcible are right words!
- Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when broken.
- That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin.
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.