Duress vs. Coercion

What is your understanding of their differences?

with DURESS I'm restricted from doing something by law or force. COERCION means that I'm force to act or make a choice.

Is that correct?

Nearly. Not quite.
Duress = the threats used to force a person to do something: They only agreed to the action under duress.
To coerce someone means to persuade someone forcefully to do something which they are unwilling to do, so coercion is persuasion by means of force of some kind: They were coerced into agreeing to commit the crime.

Thank you. That's very clear.

Coercion is the use or threat of use of illegal physical methods to get a confession. Duress is the imposition of restrictions on the body such as prolonged interrogation, no sleep, no water, or no food. They taint the interrogation process because they are intimidation tactics used that makes suspects give a confession that they probably would not have without being intimidated.

Duress is very wide term it include all forces including those which are crime and those which are not amount to crime but coercion only include using those forces which amount to offence/ Crime.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duress

oceanic Can someone please help me understand the difference between DURESS and COERCION. I know their meaning but I need to be very clear with each word so I can fully understand it and be able to apply it to my vocabulary.Thank you.

Is it legal for an ex-law enforcement officer to conduct an interrogation under duress?