Fightback vs. Revenge — What's the Difference?

A campaign of resistance; a counterattack

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...

To inflict punishment in return for (injury or insult).

(Archaic) To seek or take vengeance for (oneself or another person); avenge.

The act of taking vengeance for injuries or wrongs; retaliation

A desire for revenge; spite or vindictiveness

An opportunity to retaliate, as by a return sports match after a defeat

Something done in retaliation, especially a defeat of a rival who has been victorious.

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

A win by a previous loser.

(transitive) To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge.

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

To take vengeance; to revenge itself.

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 inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.

To take vengeance; - with

The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.

The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury.

Action taken in return for an injury or offense

Take revenge for a perceived wrong;