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Forced vs Made - What's the difference?

forced | made |

As verbs the difference between forced and made

is that forced is past tense of force while made is past tense of make.

As an adjective forced

is obtained forcefully, not naturally.

As a noun made is

a maggot or grub.

forced

English

Verb

(head)
  • (force)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • obtained forcefully, not naturally
    • Her forced smile was harder and harder to keep as her critical father kept on complaining about her.
  • opened or accessed using force

    • Derived terms

    * forced entry * forced labour * forced landing * forced laugh * forced march * forced sale * forced smile

    made

    English

    (wikipedia made)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) mathe, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l) (Scotland)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A maggot or grub.
    • Related terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l)/(l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) made, makede, . More at (l).

    Verb

    (head)
  • (make)
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "made")
    Derived terms
    * have it made * home-made * made in the shade * made man * ready-made * self-made

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