The difference between Force and Thrust

When used as nouns, force means strength or energy of body or mind, whereas thrust means an attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.

When used as verbs, force means to violate (a woman), whereas thrust means to make advance with force.

check bellow for the other definitions of Force and Thrust

  1. 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"

  2. Force as a noun:

    Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.

  3. Force as a noun (countable):

    Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.

  4. 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)

  5. Force as a noun:

    Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.

  6. Force as a noun (countable):

    A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.

    Examples:

    "police force'"

  7. Force as a noun (uncountable):

    The ability to attack, control, or constrain.

    Examples:

    "show of force'"

  8. 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.

  9. Force as a noun (legal):

    Legal validity.

    Examples:

    "The law will come into force in January."

  10. Force as a noun (legal):

    Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.

  11. Force as a noun (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics):

    Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.

  12. Force as a noun (science fiction):

    A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional universe created by .

  1. Force as a verb (transitive):

    To violate (a woman); to rape.

  2. Force as a verb (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive):

    To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.

  3. Force as a verb (transitive):

    To compel (someone or something) do something.

  4. Force as a verb (transitive):

    To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.

  5. Force as a verb (transitive):

    To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).

  6. 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."

  7. Force as a verb (transitive):

    To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).

    Examples:

    "To force a lock."

  8. 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.

  9. 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."

  10. 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.

  11. Force as a verb (archaic):

    To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.

  12. Force as a verb (archaic):

    To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.

  13. Force as a verb (obsolete):

    To allow the force of; to value; to care for.

  1. Force as a noun (countable, Northern England):

    A waterfall or cascade.

  1. Force as a verb:

    To stuff; to lard; to farce.

  1. 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."

  2. 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!"

  3. 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."

  4. 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."

  1. Thrust as a verb (intransitive):

    To make advance with force.

    Examples:

    "We thrust at the enemy with our forces."

  2. Thrust as a verb (transitive):

    To force something upon someone.

    Examples:

    "I asked her not to thrust the responsibility on me."

  3. 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."

  4. 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"

  5. Thrust as a verb (intransitive):

    To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

  6. Thrust as a verb:

    To stab; to pierce; usually with through.

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