Hindrance vs Coercion - What's the difference?
hindrance | coercion | Related terms |
Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
The state or act of hindering something
(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.
Hindrance is a related term of coercion.
As nouns the difference between hindrance and coercion
is that hindrance is something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else while coercion is (not countable) actual]] or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of [[coerce|coercing.hindrance
English
Alternative forms
* hinderance (archaic) * hindraunce (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- High-heeled shoes may be fashionable, but they can also be a hindrance to walking.
- Your hindrance of this process will not be tolerated.
