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Forcing vs Forming - What's the difference?

forcing | forming |

As nouns the difference between forcing and forming

is that forcing is (horticulture) the art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed while forming is the act by which something is formed; formation.

As verbs the difference between forcing and forming

is that forcing is while forming is .

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)

    • forming

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is formed; formation.
  • * 1987 , Jeffrey K. Zeig, The Evolution of Psychotherapy