Peaceful vs Merciful - What's the difference?
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Not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil.
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, title= Inclined to peace.
Motionless and calm.
showing mercy
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Peaceful is a related term of merciful.
As adjectives the difference between peaceful and merciful
is that peaceful is not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil while merciful is showing mercy.peaceful
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Alternative forms
* peacefull (archaic)Adjective
(en-adj)Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
Synonyms
* (inclined to peace) peaceable, pacific * (quiet) tranquil, placidAntonyms
* nonpeaceful * belligerent * violent * warringDerived terms
* peaceful coexistence * peacefully * peacefulnessmerciful
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.