Compel vs. Force
Difference Between Compel and Force
Compelverb
To drive together, round up en
Forcenoun
Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contractCompelverb
(transitive) To overpower; to subdue.
Forcenoun
Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
Compelverb
(transitive) To force, constrain or coerce.
Logic compels the wise, while fools feel compelled by emotions.Forcenoun
(countable) Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.
Compelverb
(transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
Forcenoun
A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)
Compelverb
(obsolete) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
Forcenoun
Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
Compelverb
(obsolete) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
Forcenoun
(countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
police forceCompelverb
(obsolete) To call forth; to summon.
Forcenoun
(uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
show of forceCompelverb
force or compel somebody to do something;
We compel all students to fill out this formForcenoun
(countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
Compelverb
make someone do something
Forcenoun
(legal) Legal validity.
The law will come into force in January.Forcenoun
(legal) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
Forcenoun
Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
Forcenoun
(science fiction) A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas.
Forcenoun
A waterfall or cascade.
Forceverb
(transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
Forceverb
To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
Forceverb
(transitive) To compel (someone or something) to do something.
Forceverb
(transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
Forceverb
(transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
Forceverb
(transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
The comedian's jokes weren't funny, but I forced a laugh now and then.Forceverb
(transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
To force a lock.Forceverb
To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
Forceverb
To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
Jones forced the runner at second by stepping on the bag.Forceverb
(whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
Forceverb
(archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
Forceverb
(archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
Forceverb
(obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
Forceverb
To stuff; to lard; to farce.
Forcenoun
a unit that is part of some military service;
he sent Caesar a force of six thousand menForcenoun
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority;
the mysterious presence of an evil powermay the force be with youthe forces of evilForcenoun
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity;
force equals mass times accelerationForcenoun
group of people willing to obey orders;
a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizensForcenoun
a powerful effect or influence;
the force of his eloquence easily persuaded themForcenoun
an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists);
he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short oneForcenoun
physical energy or intensity;
he hit with all the force he could musterit was destroyed by the strength of the galea government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living manForcenoun
a group of people having the power of effective action;
he joined forces with a band of adventurersForcenoun
(of a law) having legal validity;
the law is still in effectForceverb
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
She forced him to take a job in the cityHe squeezed her for informationForceverb
urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
Forceverb
move with force,
He pushed the table into a cornerForceverb
impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably;
She forced her diet fads on himForceverb
squeeze like a wedge into a tight space;
I squeezed myself into the cornerForceverb
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;
She rammed her mind into focusHe drives me madForceverb
do forcibly; exert force;
Don't force it!Forceverb
cause to move along the ground by pulling;
draw a wagonpull a sledForceverb
take by force;
Storm the fort
