Retaliating vs Retaliate - What's the difference?
retaliating | retaliate |
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 verbs the difference between retaliating and retaliate
is that retaliating is while 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.retaliate
English
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.