AddForce accounts for delta time and should be used for applying force over more than one frame, AddImpulse does not account for delta time and should be used for single ‘pushes’, like from an explosion or being thrown by a player. The reason is that if you use AddForce for throwing or an explosion, how far the object moves depends on the framerate at the exact frame the force was applied, rather than being independent of framerate like AddImpulse is.
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