Difference between Compulsion and Obsession

COMPULSION vs OBSESSION: NOUN

An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will
The act of compelling.
The state of being compelled.
An irresistible impulse to act, regardless of the rationality of the motivation.
An act or acts performed in response to such an impulse.
The application (to a person) of superior force, physical or moral, overpowering or overruling his preferences; the force applied; constraint, physical or moral.
The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.
An irrational need to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
The use of authority, influence, or other power to force (compel) a person or persons to act.
The lawful use of violence (i.e. by the administration).
Using force to cause something to occur
Using force to cause something

An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
Compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or an unwanted feeling or emotion, often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety.
A compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion.
In pathology, a constant brooding upon any subject, such as the thought of death, until the mind becomes dominated by that one idea.
The act of besieging; persistent assault.
Continuous or persevering effort supposed to be made by an evil spirit to obtain mastery of a person; the state or condition of a person so vexed or beset: distinguished from possession, or control by a demon from within.
The act of besieging.
The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.
An excessive preoccupation of the thoughts or feelings; the persistent haunting or domination of the mind by a particular desire, idea, or image.
Any driving motive; a compelling goal; -- not necessarily implying a negative judgment, as does sense 3
Something that causes an obsession{3}.
The state of being obsessed.
A compulsive or irrational preoccupation.
An unhealthy fixation.
An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will

Pressure, Imposition, Compulsory, Oppression, Requirement, Straitjacket, Coercive, Duress, Obligation, Urge, Constraint, Impulse, Irresistible impulse, Obsession, Coercion

Fantasy, Insistence, Stubbornness, Obstinacy, Madness, Addiction, Habit, Passion, Delusion, Craze, Fetish, Mania, Obsessive, Compulsion, Fixation

Coercing, Stress, Forcible, Pressure, Compulsory, Oppression, Requirement, Coercive, Duress, Obligation, Urge, Constraint, Impulse, Obsession, Coercion

Tenacity, Focus, Persistence, Concern, Fantasy, Stubbornness, Obstinacy, Madness, Addiction, Habit, Passion, Craze, Fetish, Obsessive, Compulsion

Informed consent: an ethical obligation or legal compulsion?
This is where addiction and compulsion are born.
There is no compulsion to join once selected?
They were against jingoism, heavy armaments and compulsion.
There is no element of compulsion in it.
Preventing a compulsion or compensatory behavior is essential.
Compulsion to attend a church is compulsion to engage in a religious practice, something that no regulatory exemption requires.
It is compulsion of the accused to exhibit his physical characteristics, not compulsion to disclose any knowledge he might have.
Fish suffered from a second compulsion, a compulsion to write obscene letters and did so frequently.
These include Assessment Orders, Treatment Orders, Interim Compulsion Orders, Temporary Compulsion Orders, Compulsion Orders, Compulsion Orders with Restriction Orders, Guardianship Orders, and Hospit

This is quite an obsession in certain circles.
And now, we present cap you obsession quickly.
This is a story of love and obsession.
Fetch is my newest obsession at the moment.
American Female Gothic was its obsession with freaks.
The Wellness Syndrome: Is our obsession hurting people?
The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.
He emphasized caloriecounting and her thin physiqueso much that it became an obsession for him, as well as an obsession for Ms.
Live Hauntings: These astral attacks tend to take the form of obsession and the object of obsession is usually a lover.
This can be the driving force behind our obsession, but multiple explanations can justify our obsession as well.