Difference between Hostile and Belligerent

HOSTILE vs BELLIGERENT: NOUN

An antagonistic person or thing.
An enemy in warfare.
An enemy: specifically, in the United States, a hostile Indian; an Indian who is engaged in warfare against the whites.
An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural.
An enemy.
Troops belonging to the enemy's military forces

Very unfriendly
Not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
Of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy.
Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly
Feeling or showing enmity or ill will.
Being in opposition; opposed.
Very unfavorable to life or growth
Unfavorable to health or well-being; inhospitable or adverse.
Used of attempts to buy or take control of a business
Impossible to bring into friendly accord
Characterized by enmity or ill will
Marked by features that oppose constructive treatment or development

Of or pertaining to an enemy: as, hostile ground.
Of inimical character or tendency; having or exhibiting enmity or antagonism; antagonistic: as, a hostile manifesto; hostile criticism.
Synonyms Averse, Adverse, Inimical, Hostile; unfriendly, warlike. Averse applies to feeling, adverse to action: as, I was very averse to his going; an adverse vote; adverse fortune. Inimical expresses both feeling and action, generally in private affairs. Hostile also expresses both feeling and action, but applies especially to public affairs; where it applies to private matters, it expresses either strong or conspicuous action or feeling, or both, or all.

Warlike; given to waging war; characterized by a tendency to wage or carry on war.
Of warlike character; constituting or tending to an infraction of peace: as, a belligerent. tone of debate.
Actually engaged in war: as, the belligerent powers.
Pertaining to war, or to those engaged in war: as, belligerent rights, etc.

Ill, Bitter, Irreconcilable, Opposing, Truculent, Unfavorable, Inimical, Antipathetic, Enemy, Aggressive, Uncongenial, Inhospitable, Belligerent, Antagonistic, Unfriendly

Warlike, Antagonistic, Belligerence, Bellicose, War ridden, Battler, Fighter, Fighting, Militant, Warring, Combatant, Scrapper, Unpeaceful, Aggressive, Hostile

Ill, Bitter, Irreconcilable, Opposing, Truculent, Unfavorable, Inimical, Antipathetic, Enemy, Aggressive, Uncongenial, Inhospitable, Belligerent, Antagonistic, Unfriendly

Belligerency, Warlike, Antagonistic, Belligerence, Bellicose, War ridden, Battler, Fighter, Fighting, Militant, Warring, Combatant, Unpeaceful, Aggressive, Hostile

And, if it is found that a hostile work environment exists, you must take appropriate action to ensure that the hostile work environment ceases.
Eritrea has become hostile in her foreign relations too, considering her neighbours to be hostile to struggle.
The Nether: This is a relatively hostile dimension in which Lava and both neutral and hostile Mobs are everywhere.
Hostile, impulsive children tend to be poor perspective takers and often interpret other children as having a hostile intent.
Hostile Environment sexual harassment in which such conduct creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
An attack to disable or destroy a hostile force is Immediate Pursuit of Hostile Foreign Forces.
Russian moves in sharing weapons and technologies with hostile or potentially hostile countries, like Iran.
Common definitions for Defense of Self or Others, Imminent Threat, Hostile Act, Hostile Intent.
Segregate hostile elements such as religious, political, or ethnic groups hostile to one another.
Once a force is declared hostile by appropriatact or demonstrated hostile intent before engaging the declared hostile force.

Americans traveling on belligerent ships in war zones.
If anything, the Soviet position became more belligerent.
This Article defines what constitutes a lawful belligerent.
They are belligerent and heavy handed when contacted.
He was belligerent to everyone, even the kids.
Raymie bared his teeth like a belligerent mouse.
Gorelick responds to his critics: erogatory ones, belligerent.
Condemning or punishing a belligerent was forbidden, as it would turn the third party into a belligerent itself.
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The tebelligerent includes both privileged belligerent and unprivileged enemy belligerent.