Revenge vs Karma - What's the difference?
revenge | karma |
Any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some perceived harm or injustice.
(label) A win by the previous loser.
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*:“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge ”.
(reflexive) To take one's revenge (on'' or ''upon ) someone.
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To take for (a particular harmful action), to avenge.
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* Dryden
(archaic) To take vengeance; to revenge itself.
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(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.
(uncommon) A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.
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As nouns the difference between revenge and karma
is that revenge is any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some perceived harm or injustice while karma is the sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.As a verb revenge
is to take one's revenge (on or upon) someone.revenge
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(wikipedia revenge)Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* payback, wreak * See alsoDerived terms
* Montezuma's revenge * revengeful * revenge is a dish best served cold * revengement * revengerSee also
* vendetta * avenge * vengeance * get one's own back * get back at somebody * retaliateVerb
- Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, / Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius.
- to revenge the death of our fathers
- The gods are just, and will revenge our cause.
- Arsenal revenged its loss to Manchester United last time with a 5-0 drubbing this time.
- A bird that will revenge upon you all.
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- That means everything from lighting to the vibes, the karma of the room.
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- How many times when you have been in a bar have you felt that a confrontation was building up, even without extensive verbal exchanges? Sometimes you can feel the karma or energy of a place change, and you should not ignore that
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- On the way to Lancaster, which was about an hour and a half from Philly, John felt the karma .