User blog comment:Saturn120/Have Wars Strained Relations?/@comment-3550280-20140522135801/@comment-7700555-20140523175213

Lordganon, I don't think that is right.

Simply defining the word armistice will grant, "an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce." Therefore the words are essentially synonyms. One, to you, may have a different connotation. but technically they can be used interchangeably.

Furthermore, Wikipedia states, "An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, since it might be just a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace."

The article goes on to use the words "armistice" and "truce" interchangeably.

I think you accidentally confused armistice/truce with a peace treaty. "An armistice is a modus vivendi and is not the same as a peace treaty, which may take months or even years to agree on."

So in conclusion, a truce and an armistice are the same thing, while a peace treaty is not.