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Warlike vs Antagonistic - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between warlike and antagonistic

is that warlike is hostile and belligerent while antagonistic is contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.

warlike

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Hostile and belligerent.
  • Martial, bellicose or militaristic.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Old soldiers? , passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.}}

    Antonyms

    * nonwarlike

    antagonistic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.
  • * Milman
    • They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic .
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    • Synonyms

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