force vs compel: What's the difference?

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Which is correct: force or compel

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forcenoun

(of a law) having legal validity

forcenoun

group of people willing to obey orders

forcenoun

physical energy or intensity

forcenoun

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

forceverb

to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

forceverb

force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

forceverb

urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

forceverb

move with force

forceverb

impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

forceverb

squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

forcenoun

a unit that is part of some military service

forcenoun

one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

forcenoun

an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)

forceverb

take by force

forcenoun

a group of people having the power of effective action

forcenoun

a powerful effect or influence

forceverb

do forcibly; exert force

forcenoun

(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

compelverb

force somebody to do something

compelverb

necessitate or exact

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