Unity vs. Peace — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Unity and Peace
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Unity
The state or quality of being one or united into a whole
"The Founding Fathers had abhorred the concept of parties, fearing that they would undermine the unity of the nation through factionalism" (Julian E. Zelizer).
Peace
Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups.
Unity
The state or quality of being in accord; harmony
The judges ruled in unity on the matter.
Peace
The absence of war or other hostilities.
Unity
The state or quality of being unified in an aesthetic whole, as in a work of literature
The novel's thematic unity.
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Peace
An agreement or a treaty to end hostilities
Negotiated the peace.
Unity
A whole that is a combination of parts
A group of ideas that taken together constitute a unity.
Peace
Freedom from quarrels and disagreement; harmonious relations
Roommates living in peace with each other.
Unity
Singleness or constancy of purpose or action; continuity
"In an army you need unity of purpose" (Emmeline Pankhurst).
Peace
Public security and order
Was arrested for disturbing the peace.
Unity
One of the three principles of dramatic structure derived by French neoclassicists from Aristotle's Poetics, stating that a drama should have but one plot, which should take place in a single day and be confined to a single locale.
Peace
Inner contentment; serenity
Peace of mind.
Unity
The number 1.
Peace
Used as a greeting, a farewell, or a request for silence.
Unity
See identity element.
Peace
A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
Our lounge strives to maintain an environment of peace for the comfort of our customers.
Unity
(uncountable) Oneness; the state or fact of being one undivided entity.
Peace
A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.
The safety equipment will give me some peace of mind.
Unity
Agreement; harmony.
Peace
Harmony in personal relations.
Unity
A single undivided thing, seen as complete in itself.
Peace
A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.
May there be peace in our time.
Unity
(drama) Any of the three classical rules of drama: unity of action (nothing should be admitted not directly relevant to the development of the plot), unity of place (the scenes should be set in the same place), and unity of time (all the events should be such as might happen within a single day).
Peace
(archaic) Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.
Unity
(mathematics) The number 1 or any element of a set or field that behaves under a given operation as the number 1 behaves under multiplication.
The cube roots of unity
Peace
(slang) Peace out; goodbye.
Unity
(legal) The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.
Peace
To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace.
Unity
(Quakerism) The form of consensus in a Quaker meeting for business which signals that a decision has been reached. In order to achieve unity, everyone who does not agree with the decision must explicitly stand aside, possibly being recorded in the minutes as doing so.
Peace
(slang) To peace out.
Unity
The state of being one; oneness.
Whatever we can consider as one thing suggests to the understanding the idea of unity.
Peace
A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose
Unity
Concord; harmony; conjunction; agreement; uniformity; as, a unity of proofs; unity of doctrine.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Peace
To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop.
When the thunder would not peace at my bidding.
Unity
Any definite quantity, or aggregate of quantities or magnitudes taken as one, or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; thus, in a table of natural sines, the radius of the circle is regarded as unity.
Peace
The state prevailing during the absence of war
Unity
In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition.
Peace
Harmonious relations; freedom from disputes;
The roommates lived in peace together
Unity
Such a combination of parts as to constitute a whole, or a kind of symmetry of style and character.
Peace
The absence of mental stress or anxiety
Unity
The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.
Peace
The general security of public places;
He was arrested for disturbing the peace
Unity
An unreduced or unbroken completeness or totality
Peace
A treaty to cease hostilities;
Peace came on November 11th
Unity
The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number;
He has the one but will need a two and three to go with it
They had lunch at one
Unity
The quality of being united into one
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