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Warlike vs Unwarlike - What's the difference?

warlike | unwarlike |

As adjectives the difference between warlike and unwarlike

is that warlike is hostile and belligerent while unwarlike is not warlike.

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

    unwarlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not warlike.