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Merciful vs Vengeful - What's the difference?

merciful | vengeful |

As adjectives the difference between merciful and vengeful

is that merciful is showing mercy while vengeful is vindictive or wanting vengeance.

merciful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • showing mercy
  • * 1900', , Chapter I,
    • The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.

    Antonyms

    * merciless * cruel

    Anagrams

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    vengeful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Vindictive or wanting vengeance.
    • His chains now broken, the prisoner turned a vengeful eye toward his former captors.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Steven Morris , title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=A vengeful mother-of-three has been jailed for 168 days after being convicted of killing a neighbour's kitten by microwaving the 10-week-old pet.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Hyponyms

    * revanchist

    Related terms

    * avenge * vengeance

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