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Retorts vs Revenge - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between retorts and revenge

is that retorts is while revenge is any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some perceived harm or injustice.

As verbs the difference between retorts and revenge

is that retorts is (retort) while revenge is (reflexive) to take one's revenge (on'' or ''upon ) someone.

retorts

English

Noun

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    • Verb

    (head)
  • (retort)

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    revenge

    English

    (wikipedia revenge)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • 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 ”.

    • Synonyms

    * payback, wreak * See also

    Derived terms

    * Montezuma's revenge * revengeful * revenge is a dish best served cold * revengement * revenger

    See also

    * vendetta * avenge * vengeance * get one's own back * get back at somebody * retaliate

    Verb

  • (reflexive) To take one's revenge (on'' or ''upon ) someone.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, / Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius.
  • To take for (a particular harmful action), to avenge.
  • * Ld. Berners
    • to revenge the death of our fathers
  • * Dryden
    • 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.
  • (archaic) To take vengeance; to revenge itself.
  • * Shakespeare
    • A bird that will revenge upon you all.

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