turn up the pressure vs coerce

turn up the pressure and coerce both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
turn up the pressure	No	No	Yes	No
coerce	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, coerce is a hypernym of turn up the pressure; that is, coerce is a word with a broader meaning than turn up the pressure:

turn up the pressure: apply great or increased pressure
coerce: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

Other hypernyms of turn up the pressure include force, hale, pressure, squeeze.

turn up the pressure (verb)	coerce (verb)
apply great or increased pressure	to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means