duress

As nouns the difference between duress and polemic

is that duress is (obsolete) harsh treatment while polemic is a person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.

As a verb duress

is to put under ; to pressure.

As an adjective polemic is

having the characteristics of a polemic.

As nouns the difference between intimidation and duress

is that intimidation is the act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidation while duress is (obsolete) harsh treatment.

As a verb duress is

to put under ; to pressure.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between despair and duress

is that despair is (obsolete) to cause to despair while duress is (obsolete) harsh treatment.

As verbs the difference between despair and duress

is that despair is (obsolete) to give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of while duress is to put under ; to pressure.

As nouns the difference between despair and duress

is that despair is loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency while duress is (obsolete) harsh treatment.

As nouns the difference between duress and taxonomy

is that duress is (obsolete) harsh treatment while taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As a verb duress

is to put under ; to pressure.

As verbs the difference between duress and constrain

is that duress is to put under ; to pressure while constrain is to force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige.

As a noun duress

is (obsolete) harsh treatment.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between duress and compel

is that duress is (obsolete) harsh treatment while compel is (obsolete) to call forth; to summon.

As verbs the difference between duress and compel

is that duress is to put under ; to pressure while compel is (transitive|archaic|literally) to drive together, round up.

As a noun duress

is (obsolete) harsh treatment.

As nouns the difference between mandatory and duress

is that mandatory is (dated|rare) a person, organisation or state who receives a mandate; a mandatary while duress is (obsolete) harsh treatment.

As an adjective mandatory

is obligatory; required or commanded by authority.

As a verb duress is

to put under ; to pressure.

In lang=en terms the difference between duress and entrapment

is that duress is the state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restraint of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offence while entrapment is action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.

As nouns the difference between duress and entrapment

is that duress is harsh treatment while entrapment is the state of being entrapped.

As a verb duress

is to put under duress; to pressure.

As verbs the difference between duress and coerced

is that duress is to put under ; to pressure while coerced is (coerce), being forced.

As a noun duress

is (obsolete) harsh treatment.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between duress and press

is that duress is (obsolete) harsh treatment while press is (obsolete) to print.

As nouns the difference between duress and press

is that duress is (obsolete) harsh treatment while press is (lb) a device used to apply pressure to an item.

As verbs the difference between duress and press

is that duress is to put under ; to pressure while press is (ambitransitive) to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight.