Compel vs. Hypnotize — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Compel and Hypnotize
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Definitions
Compel➦
To force (a person) to do something; drive or constrain
The court compelled the company to pay full restitution. My conscience compels me to speak out.
Hypnotize➦
To put into a state of hypnosis.
Compel➦
To necessitate or require, as by force of circumstance; demand
Growing riots compelled the evacuation of the embassy.
Hypnotize➦
To fascinate by or as if by hypnosis.
Compel➦
To exert a strong, irresistible force on; sway
"The land, in a certain, very real way, compels the minds of the people" (Barry Lopez).
Hypnotize➦
(transitive) To induce a state of hypnosis in.
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Compel➦
To drive together, round up en
Hypnotize➦
To induce hypnotism in; to place in a state of hypnotism.
Compel➦
(transitive) To overpower; to subdue.
Hypnotize➦
Induce hypnosis in
Compel➦
(transitive) To force, constrain or coerce.
Logic compels the wise, while fools feel compelled by emotions.
Compel➦
(transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
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Compel➦
(obsolete) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
Compel➦
(obsolete) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
Compel➦
(obsolete) To call forth; to summon.
Compel➦
To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.
Wolsey . . . compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once.
And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross.
Compel➦
To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.
Commissions, which compel from eachThe sixth part of his substance.
Compel➦
To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled.
I compel all creatures to my will.
Compel➦
To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
Compel➦
To call forth; to summon.
She had this knight from far compelled.
Compel➦
To make one yield or submit.
Compel➦
Force or compel somebody to do something;
We compel all students to fill out this form
Compel➦
Make someone do something
