Hostile vs Martial - What's the difference?
hostile | martial | Related terms |
Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly
Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
* Dryden
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.
As adjectives the difference between hostile and martial
is that hostile is belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly while martial is of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.As a noun hostile
is an enemy.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).hostile
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a hostile force
- hostile intentions
- a hostile country
- hostile to a sudden change
Synonyms
* antagonistic * hatefulAntonyms
* friendlyAnagrams
* * ----martial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- But peaceful kings, o'er martial people set, / Each other's poise and counterbalance are.
- martial preparations
- martial flowers: a reddish crystalline salt of iron
