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Invade vs Exaction - What's the difference?

invade | exaction |

As a verb invade

is to move into.

As a noun exaction is

the act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion.

invade

English

Verb

(invad)
  • To move into.
  • Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy.
  • * Spenser
  • Which becomes a body, and doth then invade / The state of life, out of the grisly shade.
  • To enter by force in order to conquer.
  • Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=When a typical gaffe has him invading the Beagle and trying to rob Charles Darwin (David Tennant), he learns that his beloved “parrot” Polly is actually a dodo bird. }}
  • To infest or overrun.
  • The picnic was invaded by ants.
  • To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
  • The king invaded the rights of the people.

    exaction

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion.
  • That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.
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