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Avenge vs Wrath - What's the difference?

avenge | wrath |

As nouns the difference between avenge and wrath

is that avenge is a vengeance; a revenge while wrath is great anger.

As verbs the difference between avenge and wrath

is that avenge is to take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer while wrath is to anger; to enrage.

As an adjective wrath is

wrathful; very angry.

avenge

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A vengeance; a revenge.

    • Verb

  • To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
    • to avenge the murder of his brother
  • * Milton
    • Avenge , O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones / Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold.
  • (obsolete) To take vengeance.
  • *
    • Thou shalt not avenge , nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
  • (archaic) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
  • * Bishop Hall
    • thy judgment in avenging thine enemies

    Synonyms

    * (take vengeance) bewreak, get back at, retaliate, take revenge * (treat revengefully) spite * See also

    Anagrams

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    wrath

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Great anger.
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  • (rare) Punishment.
  • * Bible, (w) xiii. 4
    • A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
  • (trading card games, slang) A single card that is able to destroy many creatures.

    • Synonyms

    * (great anger) fury, ire

    Derived terms

    * grapes of wrath * wrathful

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) Wrathful; very angry.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To anger; to enrage.
  • * (Chaucer)
  • * (Piers Plowman)
    • (Webster 1913)