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Peacekeeping vs Peacemaking - What's the difference?

peacekeeping | peacemaking |

As nouns the difference between peacekeeping and peacemaking

is that peacekeeping is the act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force while peacemaking is the act of reconciling two people or groups who disagree.

peacekeeping

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force.
  • *2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 378:
  • *:Peacekeeping is one of the things that the United Nations, for all its foibles, does well.

    • Related terms

    * peacekeeper

    peacemaking

    English

    Noun

  • The act of reconciling two people or groups who disagree.

    • Related terms

    * peacemaker