Belligerent vs Acerbic - What's the difference?
belligerent | acerbic |
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.
A state or other armed participant in warfare
Tasting sour or bitter.
* 1998 Aug. 5, Dr. Peter Gott, "
Sharp, harsh, biting.
* 1986 Sept. 22, "
* 2005 May 5, Jay Mathews, "Don't Fire This Professor," Washington Post , p. T6:
As adjectives the difference between belligerent and acerbic
is that belligerent is engaged in warfare, warring while acerbic is tasting sour or bitter.As a noun belligerent
is a state or other armed participant in warfare.belligerent
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (eager to fight) aggressive, antagonistic, bellicose, combative, contentious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculentDerived terms
* belligerently * cobelligerentNoun
(en noun)- The U.N. sent a treaty proposal to the belligerents .
See also
* warmonger ----acerbic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Can inhaler cause addiction?," Catoosa County News (retrieved 19 Sep 2009):
- Those consumers who object to the acerbic taste of garlic can purchase de-odorized garlic or allicin extract.
West Germany: Last Taunts From the Lip," Time (retrieved 25 Apr 2014):
- Supercompetent, superconfident and supercritical, Schmidt is a gifted orator whose acerbic wit earned him the nickname "Schmidt the Lip."
- [H]e is one of the most acerbic people in his field, quick to take offense and not shy about telling people with whom he disagrees how much he thinks they have failed in thought and action.