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Pugnacious vs Bellicosity - What's the difference?

pugnacious | bellicosity |

As an adjective pugnacious

is naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent.

As a noun bellicosity is

the characteristic of being bellicose.

pugnacious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent.
  • * 1858 , (Anthony Trollope), Dr Thorne , ch. 3:
    • Not that the doctor was a bully, or even pugnacious , in the usual sense of the word; he had no disposition to provoke a fight, no propense love of quarrelling.
  • * 1904 , (Jack London), The Sea Wolf , ch. 15:
    • As he made the demand he spat out a mouthful of blood and teeth and shoved his pugnacious face close to Oofty-Oofty.
  • * 2003 , (Ken Follett), Hornet Flight , ISBN 9780451210746, pp. 249-250:
    • In the face of bad news Churchill normally became even more pugnacious , always wanting to respond to defeat by going on the attack.
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    bellicosity

    English

    Noun

    (bellicosities)
  • The characteristic of being bellicose.
  • * 29 February 2012 , Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17213948]
    • The timing is intriguing too. Before this news North Korea was all bellicosity and bluster.

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