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Postbellum vs Postwar - What's the difference?

postbellum | postwar |

As adjectives the difference between postbellum and postwar

is that postbellum is of the period following a war while postwar is of or pertaining to the period after a war.

postbellum

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of the period following a war.
  • In the United States, of the period following the Civil War, especially used in reference to the South.

    • Antonyms

    * antebellum

    postwar

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of or pertaining to the period after a war