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 English
Noun
( en noun)
a state of being belligerent
* {{quote-news, year=2013, date=April 9, author=Andrei Lankov, title=Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff., work=New York Times citation
, passage=A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable. }}
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enmity English
Alternative forms
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** enemyte
** enemytee
** ennemite
** ennemyte
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** enemyte
** enemytee
** ennemite
** ennemyte
** enymyte
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** enemitie
** enemyte
** enemytee
** enimitie
** enimity
** ennemite
** ennemyte
** ennimitie
** inimity
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** enmite
** enmitye
** enmyte
** enmytee
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** enmyte
** enmytee
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** enmity
** enmyte
** enmytee
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** enmity
Noun
( enmities)
The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
* 2005 , .
- 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.
A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.
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- I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways.
Quotations
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*: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Synonyms
* enemyship, hostility, enemyhood, antagonism, animosity, rancor, antipathy, animus
Antonyms
* amity
References
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