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What is pressure and difference between force and pressure

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A force is a push or a pull which says how fast an object moves.

Pressure is force per unit area. It's unit is pascal

Force

Pressure

The push and pull action resulting in acceleration of the object

Force acting upon a certain area and acted upon something perpendicular to its surface

Its unit is Newton and is represented by N

Its unit is Pascal and is represented as Pa

Force is a vector quantity which means it also has direction

Pressure is a scalar quantity which means it does not have direction

Force can be acted upon on the face, edges, side or vertices of the object

Pressure only acts on the surface or face of the object

Velocity of object can be changed with the application of force in one direction

Pressure on the object won’t change the direction of the object.
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