Punishment vs Revenge - What's the difference?
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The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
(figuratively) Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished; rough handling
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 punishment and revenge
is that punishment is the act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction 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.punishment
English
Noun
(en noun)- a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment
Synonyms
* castigation * punition * beatingAntonyms
* rewardHyponyms
* retributionDerived terms
* corporal punishment * mirror punishment * (l)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.