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terrorise vs coerce

coerce vs terrorise

terrorise and coerce both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
terrorise No No Yes No
coerce No No Yes No
As verbs, coerce is a hypernym of terrorise; that is, coerce is a word with a broader meaning than terrorise:
  • terrorise: coerce by violence or with threats
  • coerce: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
Other hypernyms of terrorise include force, hale, pressure, squeeze.
terrorise (verb) coerce (verb)
fill with terror; frighten greatly to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
coerce by violence or with threats
Difference between terrorise and coerce

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