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Pitiless vs Vindictive - What's the difference?

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Pitiless is a related term of vindictive.


As adjectives the difference between pitiless and vindictive

is that pitiless is having, or showing, no pity; merciless while vindictive is having a tendency to seek revenge when , vengeful.

pitiless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having, or showing, no pity; merciless
  • having no kindly feelings; unkind

    • Derived terms

    * pitilessly

    Anagrams

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    vindictive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a tendency to seek revenge when , vengeful.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1920 , author=D. H. Lawrence , title=Women in Love , chapter=18 citation , passage=The vindictive mockery in her voice made his brain quiver.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1933 , author=H. G. Wells , title=The Shape of Things to Come citation , passage=The victors will exact vindictive penalties and the losers of course will undertake to pay, but none of them realizes that money is going to do the most extraordinary things to them when they begin upon that.}}
  • (obsolete) punitive

    • Synonyms

    * vengeful, revengeful, nasty * See also

    Derived terms

    * vindictively * vindictiveness

    Related terms

    * vindicate * vindication * vindicator

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