Avenge vs Vengence - What's the difference?

avenge

(en noun)

A vengeance; a revenge.

To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.

to avenge the murder of his brother

* Milton

Avenge , O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones / Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold.

(obsolete) To take vengeance.

Thou shalt not avenge , nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

(archaic) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.

* Bishop Hall

thy judgment in avenging thine enemies

* (take vengeance) bewreak, get back at, retaliate, take revenge * (treat revengefully) spite * See also

Vengence has no English definition. It may be misspelled.