steamroller vs force

steamroller and force both are nouns.

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

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

steamroller: a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
force: one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

Other hypernyms of steamroller include power.

As verbs, force is a hypernym of steamroller; that is, force is a word with a broader meaning than steamroller:

steamroller: bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure
force: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

Other hypernyms of steamroller include coerce, hale, pressure, squeeze.

steamroller (noun)	force (noun)
vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements	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
a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way	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

steamroller (verb)	force (verb)
make level or flat with a steamroller	impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
overwhelm by using great force	squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
crush with a steamroller as if to level	force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
proceed with great force	take by force
bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure	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