Belligerence vs Enmity - What's the difference?
belligerence | enmity |
a state of being belligerent
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The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
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A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.
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As nouns the difference between belligerence and enmity
is that belligerence is a state of being belligerent while enmity is the quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.belligerence
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enmity
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Alternative forms
: * ** enemyte ** enemytee ** ennemite ** ennemyte * ** enemyte ** enemytee ** ennemite ** ennemyte ** enymyte * ** enemitie ** enemyte ** enemytee ** enimitie ** enimity ** ennemite ** ennemyte ** ennimitie ** inimity : * ** enmite ** enmitye ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmity ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmityNoun
(enmities)- Some later Muses from Ionia and Sicily reckoned it safest to weave together both versions and say that that which is is both many and one, held together by both enmity and amity.
- I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways.
