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Warlike vs Warring - What's the difference?

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Warlike is a related term of warring.


As adjectives the difference between warlike and warring

is that warlike is hostile and belligerent while warring is engaged in war; belligerent.

As a noun warring is

the act of engaging in war or conflict.

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

    warring

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • engaged in war; belligerent

    • Antonyms

    * peaceful

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of engaging in war or conflict.
  • * 1842 , The Church of England Magazine (volume 13, page 189)
    • Worn out and wearied with the endless warrings of virulent sectarians
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