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Peaceful vs Unpeace - What's the difference?

peaceful | unpeace |

As an adjective peaceful

is not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil.

As a noun unpeace is

absence of peace; peacelessness.

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

    unpeace

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Absence of peace; peacelessness.
  • *1998 , Robert E. Bjork, John D. Niles, A Beowulf Handbook :
    • The name signifies 'unpeace , feud'"
  • *1999 , Inner land: A Guide Into the Heart of the Gospel :
    • The power of love opposes the violence of unpeace .
  • *2001 , Marva J. Dawn, Karen Dismer, Morning by Morning :
    • Indeed, I readily see "unpeace'" in myself. I violate peace not only in hasty words or angry attitudes but also in failing to be the reconciler Jesus calls his followers to be. So much of our culture's ' unpeace arises because of greed, our proliferating needs and wants.
    (Testament of Love)
    (Webster 1913)