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Belligerent vs Acrimony - What's the difference?

belligerent | acrimony |

As nouns the difference between belligerent and acrimony

is that belligerent is a state or other armed participant in warfare while acrimony is a sharp and bitter hatred.

As an adjective belligerent

is engaged in warfare, warring.

belligerent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Engaged in warfare, warring.
  • Eager to go to war, warlike.
  • Of or pertaining to war.
  • (By extension) Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
  • violently towards others.

    • Synonyms

    * (eager to fight) aggressive, antagonistic, bellicose, combative, contentious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent

    Derived terms

    * belligerently * cobelligerent

    Related terms

    * bellicose * belligerence * belligerency

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A state or other armed participant in warfare
    • The U.N. sent a treaty proposal to the belligerents .

    See also

    * warmonger ----

    acrimony

    English

    Noun

    (acrimonies)
  • A sharp and bitter hatred.
    • Her acrimony for her neighbors manifests itself with shouting and stomping.
  • * 1826 , , Chapter 12
    • In her resentful mood, these expressions had been remembered with acrimony and disdain; [...].

    Synonyms

    * animosity * bitterness * enmity * hatred * opposition

    Antonyms

    * friendship * peace