Warring vs Martial - What's the difference?
warring | martial | Related terms |
engaged in war; belligerent
The act of engaging in war or conflict.
* 1842 , The Church of England Magazine (volume 13, page 189)
Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
* Dryden
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.
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
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Adjective
(-)Antonyms
* peacefulNoun
(en noun)- Worn out and wearied with the endless warrings of virulent sectarians
martial
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Adjective
(en adjective)- But peaceful kings, o'er martial people set, / Each other's poise and counterbalance are.
- martial preparations
- martial flowers: a reddish crystalline salt of iron