Retribute vs Revenge - What's the difference?
retribute | revenge |
To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite.
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 verbs the difference between retribute and revenge
is that retribute is to pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite while revenge is (reflexive) to take one's revenge (on'' or ''upon ) someone.As a noun revenge is
any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some perceived harm or injustice.retribute
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Verb
(retribut)- to retribute one for his kindness
- to retribute just punishment to a criminal
- (Locke)
revenge
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(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.