belligerent vs tough

tough vs belligerent

belligerent and tough both are nouns.

belligerent and tough both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
belligerent	Yes	Yes	No	No
tough	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, tough is a hyponym of belligerent; that is, tough is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than belligerent:

belligerent: someone who fights (or is fighting)
tough: someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

Other hyponyms of belligerent include defender, withstander, boxer, pugilist, brawler, butter, fencer, swordsman, gladiator, gouger, gamecock, hell-kite, hell-rooster, mauler, skirmisher, street fighter, master, superior, victor, grappler, matman, wrestler.

belligerent (noun)	tough (noun)
someone who fights (or is fighting)	an aggressive and violent young criminal
	a cruel and brutal fellow
	someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

belligerent (adjective)	tough (adjective)
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight	resistant to cutting or chewing
engaged in war	physically toughened
	not given to gentleness or sentimentality
	unfortunate or hard to bear
	substantially made or constructed
	feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
	violent and lawless
	very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
	making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

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