Wednesday, June 12, 2013

6/12/2013

Welcome to the Guess My Word blog. This is a place to discuss the words of the day chosen by Joon and Mike. This paragraph is here mostly as spoiler space. Here are today's words:

mike's word: defiant
joon's word: belligerent

Discuss.

3 comments:

  1. i think this must be the closest that we have come to choosing synonyms on the same day.

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  2. belie
    belly
    bellwether
    believe
    bellboy
    bellhop
    bellows
    bellow
    bellicose
    bellman
    bellies

    So I got bellicose, but did not come up with belligerent. tsk.

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  3. I would not use those words as synonyms. Belligerant implies aggression, whereas defiance is reactive rather than proactive.

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