rank and file vs force

force vs rank and file

rank and file and force both are nouns.

rank and file is not a verb while force is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rank and file	Yes	No	No	No
force	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, force is a hypernym of rank and file; that is, force is a word with a broader meaning than rank and file:

rank and file: the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
force: group of people willing to obey orders

Other hypernyms of rank and file include personnel.

rank and file (noun)	force (noun)
the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)	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
people who constitute the main body of any group	an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
	physical energy or intensity
	a powerful effect or influence
	(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

rank and file (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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