What's the difference between dovish and peaceful?

Dovish


Definition:

  • (a.) Like a dove; harmless; innocent.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Traders are calling the Dow Jones industrial average up by over 1%, as US investors give the thumbs up to the prospect of a more dovish Fed chair ( although we still don't know who is going to actually replace Bernanke, of course ) Brenda Kelly (@BrendaKelly_IG) $Dow forecast to open 173 points higher.
  • (2) The vulnerability of the UK recovery, combined with the more decisively dovish tone at the BoE, has led to a significant change in our call on monetary policy.
  • (3) Kentucky senator Rand Paul has sparked the most excitement so far, particularly among younger liberals attracted by his defiant message on civil liberties and a dovish foreign policy.
  • (4) The thrust of the report represented an evolution in the dovish direction, though not enough to provoke further QE in the immediate few months.
  • (5) Williamson said: "I think they will accompany the announcement with a very dovish statement designed not to scare people that the economy is too weak but to reassure stimulus won't be taken away too quickly."
  • (6) Chris Williamson, of financial data provider Markit, said: “This is clearly good news for consumers in two respects: low prices boost spending power and the dovish outlook for inflation takes pressure off the Bank of England from hiking interest rates any time soon.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Inflation explained.
  • (7) The prospect of an " even more dovish chairman at the helm of the world’s most pivotal central bank" than Ben Bernanke, as Chris Weston of IG puts it, is giving markets a lift.
  • (8) James Knightley of ING said: "This is pretty aggressive stuff that has prompted a sharp move lower in sterling and suggests that Carney is very much in the dovish camp."
  • (9) Instead, Graham takes criticism from those more dovish than him head on, telling audiences: “You may be tired of fighting radical Islam but radical Islam is not tired of fighting you.” Graham may also be the first Republican candidate to talk at length about the need for increased foreign aid, noting: “A small schoolhouse in Afghanistan educating a young girl can do more damage to the Taliban than a 500lb bomb.” Not that Graham is shy about the 500lb bomb.
  • (10) She also questions whether Yellen is quite as much of a dove as painted: Although Yellen is perceived as the dovish nomination, monetary policy is not as black and white as dove and hawk.
  • (11) But more dovish Democrats are equally concerned that the new AUMF may represent a step too far in the opposite direction, potentially granting both Obama and future presidents the same kind of unrestrained cover to wage war last used by George W Bush, after he sought authority based on intelligence that was later found to be false.
  • (12) James Knightley, economist at ING Financial Markets, said: "All in all, the data is pointing to a slowing in the rate of economic growth, which plays into the hands of the more dovish members of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee.
  • (13) I will be evaluating the incoming information to see if it confirms my expectation that growth will be sufficient to further tighten the US labour market.” Chicago Fed leader Charles Evans, a dovish member of the central bank’s board, earlier stressed any increases should be “gradual” and that the base rate, currently 0.25%, could be less than 1% at the end of next year.
  • (14) With central bankers including US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and ECB boss Mariio Draghi making dovish comments on further stimulus measures, investors have been in a cautiously positive mood.
  • (15) For us, it’s very important to have a deal – but not any kind of deal.” The commissioner’s tough talking marks a new line from the EU, which has previously been seen as dovish, trying to smooth over differences among developing and developed countries.
  • (16) A 2013 speech at the Heritage Foundation sounded more dovish notes than all other Republicans of similar stature, but still talked about an open-ended war against “radical Islam” – a note he re-emphasized in his announcement speech – and kept bombing Iran “on the table” in the event of failed nuclear diplomacy.
  • (17) President Shimon Peres , a usually dovish elder statesman, echoed official vows to punish Hamas in his eulogy in the cemetery in the centre of the country": "I know that the murderers will be found.
  • (18) But with his Likud party leading in opinion polls and the dovish opposition divided between several parties, her candidacy did not immediately appear to pose a threat to the prime minister.
  • (19) Stephen Miller, of City University, who led the analysis of the poll data, said the figures showed a majority of British Jews held dovish views of the conflict.
  • (20) The dovish Posen responded with his own speech, urging his fellow rate-setters to ignore inflation "chatter".

Peaceful


Definition:

  • (a.) Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war, tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a peaceful end.
  • (a.) Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation; pacific; mild; calm; peaceable; as, peaceful words.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In January 2011, the Nobel peace prize laureate was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital for what officials initially described as tests but what turned out to be an acute respiratory infection .
  • (2) We will never give up our hope for peace,” added Netanyahu.
  • (3) He voiced support for refugees, trade unions, council housing, peace, international law and human rights.
  • (4) However, he has also insisted that North Korea live up to its own commitments, adhere to its international obligations and deal peacefully with its neighbours.
  • (5) A number of asylum seekers detained in the family camp on Nauru have begun peaceful protests over conditions at the centre.
  • (6) "We have peace in Sierra Leone now, and Tony Blair made a huge contribution to that," said Warrant Officer Abu Bakerr Kamara.
  • (7) The prime minister insisted, however, that he and other world leaders were not being stubborn over demands that the Syrian leader, President Bashar al-Assad, step down at the end of the peace process.
  • (8) Journalists should never be a propaganda arm of any government – not in peace and never in war.
  • (9) These days, all Russian 15-year-olds study War and Peace as part of their national curriculum.
  • (10) Sadly, the Jewish fanatic who assassinated Rabin in 1995 achieved his broader aim of derailing the peace train.
  • (11) Judge John Burgess told the men that their intention was “to do great harm in a peaceful community”.
  • (12) She also welcomed the wider context of Mohammed's release: "I do believe that this time there will be peace," she said, referring to the talks due to open on Wednesday.
  • (13) Two days after Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse , published a beautiful essay calling for this year's First World War commemorations to " honour those who died " and "celebrate the peace we now share", Michael Gove has delivered the government's response.
  • (14) • Mubarak becomes a major mediator in the Arab-Israeli peace process, remaining a consistent US ally bolstered by billions of dollars in American aid.
  • (15) Laryngo-tracheal traumatisms are not frequent at peace time.
  • (16) Our later measures – parliament's power to declare peace and war, MPs to be subject to a right to recall, an end to the royal prerogative, an elected Lords – were about a 21st-century democracy, with citizenship to be founded on a new bill of rights and responsibilities and, in time, a written constitution.
  • (17) "What Russia is doing now in Ukraine threatens peace and security in Europe ," said Nato's secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
  • (18) He was the peaceful activist whose sudden disappearance into a phalanx of riot police on a Baltimore street sparked a viral panic.
  • (19) | Mary Dejevsky Read more Third, if that breakthrough can be delivered with good faith on all sides, that could potentially be the basis to revive the Kerry-Lavrov ceasefire , open humanitarian channels into Aleppo, and start the process of negotiating a lasting peace.
  • (20) Kerry, however, has called on Egypt to respect the right of peaceful protest, including pro-Morsi rallies.

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