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Warlike vs Soldierly - What's the difference?

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Warlike is a synonym of soldierly.


As adjectives the difference between warlike and soldierly

is that warlike is hostile and belligerent while soldierly is in the way of, or appropriate to, a soldier.

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

    soldierly

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In the way of, or appropriate to, a soldier.
  • :His soldierly demeanor stood him good stead in civilian life when vicissitudes would assail him.