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Revenge vs Vengeable - What's the difference?

revenge | vengeable |

As a noun revenge

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

As a verb revenge

is to take one's revenge (on or upon) someone.

As an adjective vengeable is

vengeful.

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.
  • *
  • *:“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.

    Anagrams

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    vengeable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Vengeful.
  • (obsolete) Prompted by or characterised by revenge; severe, cruel.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iv:
    • I sought / Vpon my selfe that vengeable despight / To punish