The difference between Compel and Thrust
When used as verbs, compel means to drive together, round up, whereas thrust means to make advance with force.
Thrust is also noun with the meaning: an attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
check bellow for the other definitions of Compel and Thrust
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Compel as a verb (transitive, archaic, literally):
To drive together, round up
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Compel as a verb (transitive):
To overpower; to subdue.
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Compel as a verb (transitive):
To force, constrain or coerce.
Examples:
"Logic compels the wise, while fools feel compelled by emotions."
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Compel as a verb (transitive):
To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
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Compel as a verb (obsolete):
To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
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Compel as a verb (obsolete):
To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
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Compel as a verb (obsolete):
To call forth; to summon.
Examples:
"rfquotek Chapman"
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Thrust as a noun (fencing):
An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
Examples:
"Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought."
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Thrust as a noun:
A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
Examples:
"The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!"
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Thrust as a noun:
The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
Examples:
"Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void."
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Thrust as a noun (figuratively):
The primary effort; the goal.
Examples:
"Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really sex education."
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Thrust as a verb (intransitive):
To make advance with force.
Examples:
"We thrust at the enemy with our forces."
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Thrust as a verb (transitive):
To force something upon someone.
Examples:
"I asked her not to thrust the responsibility on me."
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Thrust as a verb (transitive):
To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
Examples:
"He thrust his arm into the icy stream and grabbed a wriggling fish, astounding the observers."
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Thrust as a verb (transitive):
To push or drive with force; to shove.
Examples:
"to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument"
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Thrust as a verb (intransitive):
To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
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Thrust as a verb:
To stab; to pierce; usually with through.