Belligerent vs Acrimony - What's the difference?
belligerent | acrimony |
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
A sharp and bitter hatred.
* 1826 , , Chapter 12
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)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 ----acrimony
English
Noun
(acrimonies)- Her acrimony for her neighbors manifests itself with shouting and stomping.
- In her resentful mood, these expressions had been remembered with acrimony and disdain; [...].