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Revenge vs Vigilante - What's the difference?

revenge | vigilante |

As nouns the difference between revenge and vigilante

is that revenge is any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some perceived harm or injustice while vigilante is a person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighborhood and often does so summarily and without legal jurisdiction.

As a verb revenge

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

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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    vigilante

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighborhood and often does so summarily and without legal jurisdiction.
  • Derived terms

    * digilante

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