Violence vs. Nonviolence: What's the Difference?
Violence and Nonviolence Definitions
Violence
Behavior or treatment in which physical force is exerted for the purpose of causing damage or injury
The violence of the rioters.
Nonviolence
Lack of violence.
Violence
Intense force or great power, as in natural phenomena
The violence of a tornado.
Nonviolence
The doctrine, policy, or practice of rejecting violence in favor of peaceful tactics as a means of gaining political objectives.
Violence
Extreme or powerful emotion or expression
The violence of their tirades.
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Nonviolence
A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.
Violence
Distortion of meaning or intent
Do violence to a text.
Nonviolence
The theory, doctrine, or practice of peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate.
Violence
Extreme force.
The violence of the storm, fortunately, was more awesome than destructive.
Nonviolence
Peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
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Violence
Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering.
We try to avoid violence in resolving conflicts.
Violence
Widespread fighting.
Violence between the government and the rebels continues.
Violence
(figuratively) Injustice, wrong.
The translation does violence to the original novel.
Violence
(obsolete) ravishment; rape; violation
Violence
(nonstandard) To subject to violence.
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Violence
The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force.
That sealYou ask with such a violence, the king,Mine and your master, with his own hand gave me.
All the elementsAt least had gone to wrack, disturbed and tornWith the violence of this conflict.
Violence
Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault.
Do violence to do man.
We can not, without offering violence to all records, divine and human, deny an universal deluge.
Looking down, he sawThe whole earth filled with violence.
Violence
Ravishment; rape; constupration.
Violence
To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel.
Violence
An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists);
He may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one
Violence
The property of being wild or turbulent;
The storm's violence
Violence
A turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.
