The difference between Dove and Peacenik

When used as nouns, dove means a pigeon, especially one smaller in size, whereas peacenik means someone who publicly opposes armed conflict in general, or a particular conflict, or who publicly opposes the proliferation of weapons.


Dove is also verb with the meaning: strong.

check bellow for the other definitions of Dove and Peacenik

  1. Dove as a noun:

    A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.

  2. Dove as a noun (politics):

    A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict (as opposed to hawk).

  3. Dove as a noun:

  4. Dove as a noun:

    A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.

  1. Dove as a verb (chiefly, North America, and, English, _, dialect):

    Strong

  2. Dove as a verb (non-standard):

  1. Peacenik as a noun (sometimes, derogatory):

    Someone who publicly opposes armed conflict in general, or a particular conflict, or who publicly opposes the proliferation of weapons.

Compare words: