Revenue vs Revenge - What's the difference?
revenue | revenge |
The income returned by an investment.
The total income received from a given source.
All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means.
(accounting) The total sales; turnover.
(accounting) The net revenue, net sales.
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 nouns the difference between revenue and revenge
is that revenue is the income returned by an investment while 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.revenue
English
Noun
(wikipedia revenue) (en noun)Synonyms
* (accounting) net sales, turnoverDerived terms
* revenuer * revenue stamprevenge
English
(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.