Avenge vs. Revenge
Difference Between Avenge and Revenge
Avenge➦
inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another)
he vowed in silent fervour to avenge their murders
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Revenge➦
Revenge is defined as the act of committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. Francis Bacon described revenge as a kind of "wild justice" that "does...
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Avenge➦
To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge
avenge a murder.
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Revenge➦
To inflict punishment in return for (injury or insult).
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Avenge➦
To take vengeance on behalf of
avenged their wronged parents.
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Revenge➦
(Archaic) To seek or take vengeance for (oneself or another person); avenge.
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Avenge➦
(transitive) 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
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Revenge➦
The act of taking vengeance for injuries or wrongs; retaliation
took revenge on her tormentors.
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Avenge➦
(reflexive) To revenge oneself (on or upon someone).
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Revenge➦
A desire for revenge; spite or vindictiveness
He did it out of revenge.
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Avenge➦
To take vengeance.
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Revenge➦
An opportunity to retaliate, as by a return sports match after a defeat
After the loss, he demanded that he be given his revenge.
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Avenge➦
To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
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Revenge➦
Something done in retaliation, especially a defeat of a rival who has been victorious.
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Avenge➦
(archaic) An act of vengeance; a revenge.
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Revenge➦
Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.
Indifference is the sweetest revenge.
When I left my wife, she tried to set fire to the house in revenge.
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Avenge➦
To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
He will avenge the blood of his servants.
Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bonesLie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold.
He had avenged himself on them by havoc such as England had never before seen.
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Revenge➦
A win by a previous loser.
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Avenge➦
To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
Thy judgment in avenging thine enemies.
I avenge myself upon another, or I avenge another, or I avenge a wrong. I revenge only myself, and that upon another.
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Revenge➦
(transitive) To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge.
Arsenal revenged their loss to Manchester United last time with a 5–0 drubbing this time.
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Avenge➦
To take vengeance.
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Revenge➦
To take one's revenge (on or upon someone).
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Avenge➦
Vengeance; revenge.
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Revenge➦
To take vengeance; to revenge itself.
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Avenge➦
take revenge for a perceived wrong;
He wants to avenge the murder of his brother
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Revenge➦
To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; - followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer.
To revenge the death of our fathers.
The gods are just, and will revenge our cause.
Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come,Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius.
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Revenge➦
To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.
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Revenge➦
To take vengeance; - with
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Revenge➦
The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.
Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is even with his enemy; but in passing it over he is superior.
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Revenge➦
The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury.
Revenge now goesTo lay a complot to betray thy foes.
The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel.
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Revenge➦
action taken in return for an injury or offense
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Revenge➦
take revenge for a perceived wrong;
He wants to avenge the murder of his brother
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