Repercussion vs Retaliation - What's the difference?
repercussion | retaliation |
A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.
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(music) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
(medicine) The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent.
(obstetrics) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the foetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.
(Webster 1913)
Violent response to an act of harm or perceived injustice.
An act of violent response.
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As nouns the difference between repercussion and retaliation
is that repercussion is a consequence or ensuing result of some action while retaliation is violent response to an act of harm or perceived injustice.repercussion
English
Noun
(en noun)- You realize this little stunt of yours is going to have some pretty serious repercussions .
- the repercussion of sound
- Ever echoing back in endless repercussion .
- (Dunglison)
Synonyms
* (consequence) aftereffect * (consequence) consequenceretaliation
English
Noun
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