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Menacing vs Belligerent - What's the difference?

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Menacing is a related term of belligerent.


As adjectives the difference between menacing and belligerent

is that menacing is suggesting imminent harm while belligerent is engaged in warfare, warring.

As nouns the difference between menacing and belligerent

is that menacing is the act of making menaces or threats while belligerent is a state or other armed participant in warfare.

As a verb menacing

is .

menacing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Suggesting imminent harm.
  • Threatening.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making menaces or threats.
  • * (William Cobbett)
    • They remember his subornings, menacings , bribings, cuttings, maimings, hangings, and burnings.

    belligerent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * (eager to fight) aggressive, antagonistic, bellicose, combative, contentious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent

    Derived terms

    * belligerently * cobelligerent

    Related terms

    * bellicose * belligerence * belligerency

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A state or other armed participant in warfare
    • The U.N. sent a treaty proposal to the belligerents .

    See also

    * warmonger ----