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Warring vs Martial - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between warring and martial

is that warring is engaged in war; belligerent while martial is of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.

As a noun warring

is the act of engaging in war or conflict.

As a proper noun Martial is

a given name derived from Latin narrowly applied to certain historic persons (but some of its foreign cognates are modern given names).

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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    martial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
  • * Dryden
  • But peaceful kings, o'er martial people set, / Each other's poise and counterbalance are.
  • Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.
  • (comparable) Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly, soldierlike, warriorlike.
  • (medicine, chemistry, obsolete) Relating to, or containing, iron; chalybeate.
  • martial preparations
    martial flowers: a reddish crystalline salt of iron

    Derived terms

    * court martial * martial art * martialism * martialness * martialist * martial law * martially

    See also

    * Mars

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