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Mandate vs Forced - What's the difference?

mandate | forced |

As verbs the difference between mandate and forced

is that mandate is to authorize while forced is past tense of force.

As a noun mandate

is an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

As an adjective forced is

obtained forcefully, not naturally.

mandate

English

(wikipedia mandate)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

    • Verb

    (mandat)
  • to authorize
  • to make mandatory

    • Derived terms

    * mandatary * mandator * mandatory

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    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