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Rapacity vs Exaction - What's the difference?

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Rapacity is a related term of exaction.


As nouns the difference between rapacity and exaction

is that rapacity is the quality of being rapacious; voracity while 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.

rapacity

English

Noun

  • The quality of being rapacious; voracity.

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    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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