Fightback vs Retaliate - What's the difference?
fightback | retaliate |
a campaign of resistance; a counterattack
* {{quote-news, 2009, January 25, Bruce Matthews, Brave Sam Stosur wilts under Elena Dementieva, Herald Sun
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, date=September 24
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To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
To repay or requite by an act of the same kind.
* Sir T. Herbert
* Jonathan Swift
As a noun fightback
is a campaign of resistance; a counterattack.As a verb retaliate is
to do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.fightback
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Noun
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retaliate
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Verb
(retaliat)- John insulted Peter to retaliate for Peter's acid remark earlier.
- One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated .
- It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors.