different between domineering vs coercive

English

Verb

domineering

1. present participle of domineer

Adjective

domineering (comparative more domineering, superlative most domineering)

1. overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian

Synonyms

• bossy, assertive, dominant, forceful, commanding, pushy, strong-willed, arbitrary, oppressive, regnant
• See also Thesaurus:bossy

Antonyms

• submissive

Translations

Noun

domineering (plural domineerings)

1. The act of one who domineers.

   • In strange contrast to the hardly tolerable constraint and nameless invisible domineerings of the captain's table, was the entire care-free license and ease, the almost frantic democracy of those inferior fellows the harpooneers.

English

Etymology

From coerce +? -ive.

Adjective

coercive (comparative more coercive, superlative most coercive)

1. displaying a tendency or intent to coerce
   • 2006 July 19, Washington Post Staff Writers, "U.S. Is Studying Military Strike Options on Iran",Washington Post p.A01

     The Bush administration is studying options for military strikes against Iran as part of a broader strategy of coercive diplomacy to pressure Tehran to abandon its alleged nuclear development program, according to U.S. officials and independent analysts.

2. (mathematics, of a function F) such that the ratio of |F(x)| to x approaches infinity as x approaches infinity

Derived terms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.??.siv/
• Homophone: coercives

Adjective

coercive

1. feminine singular of coercif