aggression vs force

force vs aggression

aggression and force both are nouns.

aggression is not a verb while force is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
aggression	Yes	No	No	No
force	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, force is a hyponym of aggression; that is, force is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than aggression:

aggression: violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
force: an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)

Other hyponyms of aggression include meat grinder, violence, pillage, pillaging, plundering.

aggression (noun)	force (noun)
violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked	a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
deliberately unfriendly behavior	an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
the act of initiating hostilities	physical energy or intensity
a disposition to behave aggressively	a powerful effect or influence
a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack	(of a law) having legal validity
	group of people willing to obey orders
	a unit that is part of some military service
	a group of people having the power of effective action
	one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
	(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

aggression (verb)	force (verb)
	impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
	squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
	force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
	take by force
	do forcibly; exert force
	urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
	move with force
	to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

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