Recalcitrant vs Belligerent - What's the difference?
recalcitrant | belligerent |
Marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey authority.
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* 1914 , , "Death at the Excelsior":
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Unwilling to cooperate socially.
Difficult to deal with or to operate.
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Not viable for an extended period; damaged by drying or freezing.
Engaged in warfare, warring.
Eager to go to war, warlike.
Of or pertaining to war.
(By extension) Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
violently towards others.
A state or other armed participant in warfare
As adjectives the difference between recalcitrant and belligerent
is that recalcitrant is recalcitrant, rebellious while belligerent is engaged in warfare, warring.As a noun belligerent is
a state or other armed participant in warfare.recalcitrant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His nimble fancy was recalcitrant to mental discipline.
- There was something in her manner so reminiscent of the school teacher reprimanding a recalcitrant pupil that Mr. Snyder's sense of humor came to his rescue.
Kenya: The Hola Scandal," Time :
- Kenya's official "Cowan Plan," named after a colonial prison administrator, decreed that recalcitrant prisoners "be manhandled to the site and forced to carry out the task."
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- The more labile organic constituents of complex dissolved and particulate organic matter are commonly hydrolyzed and metabolized more rapidly than more recalcitrant organic compounds that are less accessible enzymatically.
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- The Hansa had no legal status, independent finances or a common institutional framework, while the major weapon against recalcitrant members (or opponents) was the threat of embargo.
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- Particularly recalcitrant examples which made it impossible to remove actual words while maintaining the balance of the set were resolved by altering a consonant in the base word to create a new base form.
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- However, when a clinician is faced with a more recalcitrant case, it is important to remember to ask the patient whether psychological, social, or occupational stress might be contributing to the activity of the skin disorder.
Synonyms
* (stubbornly unwilling to obey authority) argumentative, disobedient * (difficult to operate or deal with) stubborn, unrulyAntonyms
* (stubbornly unwilling to obey authority) compliant, obedient * (difficult to operate or deal with) amenable, cooperative, eager * (not viable for long period) orthodoxDerived terms
* recalcitrance * recalcitrancybelligerent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (eager to fight) aggressive, antagonistic, bellicose, combative, contentious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculentDerived terms
* belligerently * cobelligerentNoun
(en noun)- The U.N. sent a treaty proposal to the belligerents .