different between belligerent vs venomous

English

Etymology

From Latin belligerans (“waging war”), present active participle of belliger? (“I wage war”), from belliger (“waging war, warlike”), from bellum (“war”) + -ger (from ger? (“I lead, wage, carry on”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??l?d?.(?).??nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b??l?d?.?.??nt/

Adjective

belligerent (comparative more belligerent, superlative most belligerent)

1. Engaged in warfare, warring.
2. Eager to go to war, warlike.
3. Of or pertaining to war.
4. (by extension) Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
5. Acting violently towards others.
6. Uncooperative.

Synonyms

• (eager to fight): aggressive, antagonistic, bellicose, combative, contentious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent

Derived terms

• belligerently
• cobelligerent
• nonbelligerent

Related terms

• bellicose
• belligerence
• belligerency

Translations

Noun

belligerent (plural belligerents)

1. A state or other armed participant in warfare

Translations

See also

• warmonger

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French belligérant, from Latin belliger?ns (“waging war”), present active participle of belliger? (“wage war”), from belliger (“waging war, warlike”), from bellum (“war”) + -ger (from ger? (“wage, carry on”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?.li.???r?nt/
• Hyphenation: bel?li?ge?rent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

belligerent (comparative belligerenter, superlative belligerentst)

1. belligerent, engaged in warfare

Inflection

Synonyms

• oorlogvoerend

Noun

belligerent m (plural belligerenten)

1. A belligerent, armed party in warfare

Latin

Verb

belligerent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of belliger?

English

Etymology

From Middle English venemous, venymous, from Anglo-Norman venimus, from venin. Cf. Latin ven?n?sus. Equivalent to venom +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?n?m?s/

Adjective

venomous (comparative more venomous, superlative most venomous)

1. Full of venom.

2. Toxic; poisonous.
   • c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Again?t venemous tongues enpoy?oned with ?claunder and fal?e detractions &c.:

     More venemous and much more virulent
     Then any poy?oned tode, or any ?erpent.

3. Noxious; evil.
4. Malignant; spiteful; hateful.

5. Producing venom (a toxin usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging) in glands or accumulating venom from food.

6. powerful

Usage notes

See poisonous#Usage notes.

Synonyms

• noxious
• poisonous
• toxic

Antonyms

• non-venomous

Translations

References

• “venomous” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• venomous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.