The difference between Force and Iron
When used as nouns, force means strength or energy of body or mind, whereas iron means a common, inexpensive metal, often black in color, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.
When used as verbs, force means to violate (a woman), whereas iron means to pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
Iron is also adjective with the meaning: made of the metal iron.
check bellow for the other definitions of Force and Iron
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Force as a noun:
Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
Examples:
"the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract"
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Force as a noun:
Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
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Force as a noun (countable):
Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.
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Force as a noun (countable, physics):
A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body which is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)
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Force as a noun:
Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.
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Force as a noun (countable):
A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
Examples:
"police force'"
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Force as a noun (uncountable):
The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
Examples:
"show of force'"
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Force as a noun (countable):
A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
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Force as a noun (legal):
Legal validity.
Examples:
"The law will come into force in January."
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Force as a noun (legal):
Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
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Force as a noun (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics):
Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
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Force as a noun (science fiction):
A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional universe created by .
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Force as a verb (transitive):
To violate (a woman); to rape.
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Force as a verb (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive):
To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
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Force as a verb (transitive):
To compel (someone or something) do something.
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Force as a verb (transitive):
To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
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Force as a verb (transitive):
To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
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Force as a verb (transitive):
To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
Examples:
"The comedian's jokes weren't funny, but I forced a laugh now and then."
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Force as a verb (transitive):
To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
Examples:
"To force a lock."
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Force as a verb:
To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
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Force as a verb (transitive, baseball):
To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
Examples:
"Jones forced the runner at second by stepping on the bag."
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Force as a verb (whist):
To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
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Force as a verb (archaic):
To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
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Force as a verb (archaic):
To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
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Force as a verb (obsolete):
To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
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Force as a noun (countable, Northern England):
A waterfall or cascade.
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Force as a verb:
To stuff; to lard; to farce.
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Iron as a noun (uncountable):
A common, inexpensive metal, often black in color, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.
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Iron as a noun (uncountable, physics, chemistry, metallurgy):
A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
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Iron as a noun (uncountable, countable, metallurgy):
Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
Examples:
"wrought iron, ductile iron, cast iron, pig iron, gray iron'"
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Iron as a noun (countable):
A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
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Iron as a noun (usually plural, '''''[[irons]]'''''):
Shackles.
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Iron as a noun (slang):
A handgun.
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Iron as a noun (uncountable):
A dark shade of the colour/color silver.
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Iron as a noun (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from '''[[iron hoof]]''', rhyming with '''[[poof]]'''; countable, offensive):
A male homosexual.
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Iron as a noun (golf):
A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
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Iron as a noun (uncountable):
Great strength or power.
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Iron as a noun (weightlifting):
Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
Examples:
"He lifts iron on the weekends."
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Iron as a noun:
A safety curtain in a theatre
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Iron as an adjective (not comparable):
Made of the metal iron.
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Iron as an adjective (figuratively):
Strong , inflexible.
Examples:
"She had an iron will."
"He held on with an iron grip."
"an iron constitution"
"'Iron men"
"synonyms: adamant adamantine brassbound"
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Iron as a verb (transitive):
To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
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Iron as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
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Iron as a verb (transitive):
To furnish or arm with iron.
Examples:
"to iron a wagon"
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