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Peaceful vs Peaceless - What's the difference?

peaceful | peaceless |

As adjectives the difference between peaceful and peaceless

is that peaceful is not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil while peaceless is without peace, not peaceful.

peaceful

English

Alternative forms

* peacefull (archaic)

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Old soldiers? , passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
  • Inclined to peace.
  • Motionless and calm.

    • Synonyms

    * (inclined to peace) peaceable, pacific * (quiet) tranquil, placid

    Antonyms

    * nonpeaceful * belligerent * violent * warring

    Derived terms

    * peaceful coexistence * peacefully * peacefulness

    Related terms

    * peacemaker * peace offering * peace officer * peace pipe * peacetime

    peaceless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Without peace, not peaceful
  • *{{quote-book, year=1919, author=Jack London, title=The Turtles of Tasman, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Those words did but awaken within me when I was peaceless in the night. }}