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necessitate vs compel

compel vs necessitate

necessitate and compel both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
necessitate No No Yes No
compel No No Yes No
As verbs, compel is a hyponym of necessitate; that is, compel is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than necessitate:
  • necessitate: require as useful, just, or proper
  • compel: necessitate or exact
Other hyponyms of necessitate include claim, exact, take, govern, draw, cost, cry for, cry out for.
necessitate (verb) compel (verb)
require as useful, just, or proper force somebody to do something
cause to be a concomitant necessitate or exact
Difference between necessitate and compel

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