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Armed vs Martial - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between armed and martial

is that armed is equipped, especially with a weapon while martial is of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.

As a verb armed

is past tense of arm.

As a proper noun Martial is

a given name derived from Latin narrowly applied to certain historic persons (but some of its foreign cognates are modern given names).

armed

English

Etymology 1

See the verb .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (sometimes, in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
  • nuclear-armed
  • (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
  • (obsolete) Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
  • * De Foe
  • a distemper eminently armed from heaven
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (arm)
  • Etymology 2

    .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (chiefly, in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
  • Coloured in a different tincture from the beast or bird itself.
  • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Anagrams

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    martial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
  • * Dryden
  • But peaceful kings, o'er martial people set, / Each other's poise and counterbalance are.
  • Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.
  • (comparable) Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly, soldierlike, warriorlike.
  • (medicine, chemistry, obsolete) Relating to, or containing, iron; chalybeate.
  • martial preparations
    martial flowers: a reddish crystalline salt of iron

    Derived terms

    * court martial * martial art * martialism * martialness * martialist * martial law * martially

    See also

    * Mars

    Anagrams

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