Difference between Paramilitary and Force

What is the difference between Paramilitary and Force?

Paramilitary as a noun is a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power. while Force as a noun is anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.

Paramilitary

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power. a member of a paramilitary group

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: relating to a paramilitary

Force

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To exert violence, compulsion, or constraint upon or against a person or thing.To cause to occur, overcoming inertia or resistance.To violate (a woman); to rape.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.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body which is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.The ability to attack, control, or constrain.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.A fictional semi-sentient phenomenon that certain individuals can call upon for assistance as in in the Star Wars stories. See also Force.Legal validity.Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.A waterfall or cascade

Example sentence: Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.

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