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Belligerent vs Militarily - What's the difference?

belligerent | militarily |

As a adjective belligerent

is engaged in warfare, warring.

As a noun belligerent

is a state or other armed participant in warfare.

As a adverb militarily is

in a military or martial manner; not peaceably.

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 ----

    militarily

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a military or martial manner; not peaceably.
  • By way of military or otherwise belligerent means.
    • The borders of the empire were expanded militarily over the course if many wars of conquest