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Toughness vs Bellicosity - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between toughness and bellicosity

is that toughness is the state of being tough while bellicosity is the characteristic of being bellicose.

toughness

Noun

(es)
  • (uncountable) The state of being tough
  • (physics, of a metal) Resistance to fracture when stressed
  • A formidable difficulty
  • Derived terms

    * graph toughness

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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.

    Synonyms

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