Malice vs Revenge - What's the difference?
malice | revenge |
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
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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.
* Shakespeare
To take for (a particular harmful action), to avenge.
* Ld. Berners
* Dryden
(archaic) To take vengeance; to revenge itself.
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between malice and revenge
is that malice is intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune while revenge is any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some perceived harm or injustice.As a verb revenge is
to take one's revenge (on or upon) someone.malice
English
Noun
(-)- not only was there no gratitude (which he could psychologically handle) but downright malice showed itself instead.
Synonyms
* ill will * wickedness * evilnessDerived terms
* maliciousExternal links
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* ----revenge
English
(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.
