different between military vs peacekeeping

English

Alternative forms

• milertary

Etymology

From Old French militaire, from Latin m?lit?ris, from m?les (“soldier”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?l.?.t?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?l.?.t??.i/

Adjective

military (comparative more military, superlative most military)

1. Characteristic of members of the armed forces.
   • At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

2. (Canada, US) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).

3. Relating to war.
4. Relating to armies or ground forces.

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Noun

military (plural military or militaries)

1. Armed forces.

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Derived terms

Related terms

• militia

See also

• martial
• abbreviation: mil.
• army/Army
• navy
• air force/Air Force
• marines/Marines
• Merchant Marine
• US National Guard
• Coast Guard

Anagrams

• limitary

English

Etymology

From peace +? keeping, after keep the peace.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pi?ski?p??/

Noun

peacekeeping (usually uncountable, plural peacekeepings)

1. The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force. [from 17th c.]
   • 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 378:

     Peacekeeping is one of the things that the United Nations, for all its foibles, does well.

2. (as a noun modifier) (for example) a peacekeeping force.

Related terms

• peacekeeper

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