Force vs. Stress

Forcenoun

Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.

Forcenoun

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

Forcenoun

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

Forcenoun

A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)

Forcenoun

Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.

Forcenoun

(countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.

Forcenoun

(uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.

Forcenoun

(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.

Forcenoun

(legal) Legal validity.

Forcenoun

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

Forcenoun

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

Forcenoun

(science fiction) A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas.

Forcenoun

A waterfall or cascade.

Forceverb

(transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.

Forceverb

To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.

Forceverb

(transitive) To compel (someone or something) to do something.

Forceverb

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

Forceverb

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

Forceverb

(transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.

Forceverb

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

Forceverb

To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.

Forceverb

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.

Forceverb

(whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.

Forceverb

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

Forceverb

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

Forceverb

(obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.

Forceverb

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

Forceverb

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

Forceverb

To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor.

Forceverb

To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind.

Forceverb

To do violence to; to overpower, or to compel by violence to one's will; especially, to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon.

Forceverb

To obtain, overcome, or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress; as, to force the castle; to force a lock.

Forceverb

To impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc., by main strength or violence; - with a following adverb, as along, away, from, into, through, out, etc.

Forceverb

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

Forceverb

To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort; as, to force a conceit or metaphor; to force a laugh; to force fruits.

Forceverb

To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.

Forceverb

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

Forceverb

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

Forceverb

To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor.

Forceverb

To make a difficult matter of anything; to labor; to hesitate; hence, to force of, to make much account of; to regard.

Forceverb

To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter.

Forcenoun

A waterfall; a cascade.

Forcenoun

Capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term.

Forcenoun

Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion; as, by force of arms; to take by force.

Forcenoun

Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; - an armament; troops; warlike array; - often in the plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation; the armed forces.

Forcenoun

Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or things; violence.

Forcenoun

Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to change, any physical relation between them, whether mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force; centrifugal force.

Forcenoun

a unit that is part of some military service;

Forcenoun

one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority;

Forcenoun

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

Forcenoun

group of people willing to obey orders;

Forcenoun

a powerful effect or influence;

Forcenoun

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

Forcenoun

physical energy or intensity;

Forcenoun

a group of people having the power of effective action;

Forcenoun

(of a law) having legal validity;

Forceverb

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

Forceverb

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

Forceverb

move with force,

Forceverb

impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably;

Forceverb

squeeze like a wedge into a tight space;

Forceverb

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

Forceverb

do forcibly; exert force;

Forceverb

cause to move along the ground by pulling;

Forceverb

take by force;

Forcenoun

strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement

Forcenoun

an influence tending to change the motion of a body or produce motion or stress in a stationary body. The magnitude of such an influence is often calculated by multiplying the mass of the body and its acceleration.

Forcenoun

used with a number as a measure of wind strength on the Beaufort scale

Forcenoun

coercion or compulsion, especially with the use or threat of violence

Forcenoun

mental or moral strength or power

Forcenoun

a person or thing regarded as exerting power or influence

Forcenoun

the powerful effect of something

Forcenoun

an organized body of military personnel or police

Forcenoun

troops and weaponry

Forcenoun

the army, navy, and air force of a country.

Forcenoun

the police.

Forcenoun

a group of people brought together and organized for a particular activity

Forcenoun

a waterfall.

Forceverb

make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force

Forceverb

drive or push into a specified position or state using physical strength or against resistance

Forceverb

achieve or bring about (something) by effort

Forceverb

artificially hasten the development or maturity of (a plant).

Forceverb

make (someone) do something against their will

Forceverb

put out (a runner) by necessitating an advance to the next base when it is not possible to do so safely.

Force

In physics, a force is any influence that, when unopposed, will change the motion of an object. A force can cause an object with mass to change its velocity (which includes to begin moving from a state of rest), i.e., to accelerate.

Stressnoun

(biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.

Stressnoun

(biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.

Stressnoun

The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.

Stressnoun

Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.

Stressnoun

(uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.

Stressnoun

The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.

Stressnoun

(uncountable) Emphasis placed on words in speaking.

Stressnoun

(uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).

Stressnoun

obsolete form of distress

Stressnoun

distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.

Stressverb

To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.

Stressverb

To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).

Stressverb

(informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.

Stressverb

To emphasise (a syllable of a word).

Stressverb

To emphasise (words in speaking).

Stressverb

To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.

Stressnoun

Distress.

Stressnoun

Pressure, strain; - used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance.

Stressnoun

The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress.

Stressnoun

Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, 31-35.

Stressnoun

Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.

Stressverb

To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.

Stressverb

To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.

Stressverb

To subject to phonetic stress; to accent.

Stressverb

To place emphasis on; to make emphatic; emphasize.

Stressnoun

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch);

Stressnoun

(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense;

Stressnoun

(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body;

Stressnoun

special emphasis attached to something;

Stressnoun

difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension;

Stressverb

to stress, single out as important;

Stressverb

put stress on; utter with an accent;

Stressverb

test the limits of;

Stressnoun

pressure or tension exerted on a material object

Stressnoun

the degree of stress measured in units of force per unit area.

Stressnoun

a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances

Stressnoun

something that causes a state of strain or tension

Stressnoun

physiological disturbance or damage caused to an organism by adverse circumstances

Stressnoun

particular emphasis or importance

Stressnoun

emphasis given to a particular syllable or word in speech, typically through a combination of relatively greater loudness, higher pitch, and longer duration

Stressverb

give particular emphasis or importance to (a point, statement, or idea) made in speech or writing

Stressverb

give emphasis to (a syllable or word) when pronouncing it

Stressverb

subject to pressure or tension

Stressverb

cause mental or emotional strain or tension in

Stressverb

become tense or anxious; worry