Counterattacked vs Retaliated - What's the difference?
counterattacked | retaliated |
(counterattack)
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(retaliate)
To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
To repay or requite by an act of the same kind.
* Sir T. Herbert
* Jonathan Swift
As verbs the difference between counterattacked and retaliated
is that counterattacked is (counterattack) while retaliated is (retaliate).counterattacked
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(retaliat)- John insulted Peter to retaliate for Peter's acid remark earlier.
- One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated .
- It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors.
