Redeem vs. Revenge — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Redeem and Revenge
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Redeem
To recover ownership of by paying a specified sum
Redeemed the ring from the pawnbroker.
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...
Redeem
To pay off (a promissory note, for example).
Revenge
To inflict punishment in return for (injury or insult).
Redeem
To turn in (coupons, for example) and receive something in exchange.
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Revenge
(Archaic) To seek or take vengeance for (oneself or another person); avenge.
Redeem
To convert into cash
Redeem stocks.
Revenge
The act of taking vengeance for injuries or wrongs; retaliation
Took revenge on her tormentors.
Redeem
To fulfill (a pledge, for example)
"That is the unfinished work of our time, to lift the burden of race and redeem the promise of America" (Bill Clinton).
Revenge
A desire for revenge; spite or vindictiveness
He did it out of revenge.
Redeem
To set free, as from slavery or kidnapping, by providing money or other compensation.
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.
Redeem
To save (a person or soul) from a state of sinfulness and its consequences. ]
Revenge
Something done in retaliation, especially a defeat of a rival who has been victorious.
Redeem
(transitive) To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
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.
Redeem
(transitive) To liberate by payment of a ransom.
Revenge
A win by a previous loser.
Redeem
(transitive) To set free by force.
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.
Redeem
(transitive) To save, rescue
Revenge
To take one's revenge (on or upon someone).
Redeem
(transitive) To clear, release from debt or blame
Revenge
To take vengeance; to revenge itself.
Redeem
(transitive) To expiate, atone (for)
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.
Redeem
To convert (some bond or security) into cash
Revenge
To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.
Redeem
(transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
Revenge
To take vengeance; - with
Redeem
(transitive) To repair, restore
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.
Redeem
(transitive) To reform, change (for the better)
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.
Redeem
(transitive) To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something.
Revenge
Action taken in return for an injury or offense
Redeem
To reclaim
Revenge
Take revenge for a perceived wrong;
He wants to avenge the murder of his brother
Redeem
To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.
If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold.
Redeem
To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage.
Redeem
To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like.
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
The Almighty from the graveHath me redeemed.
Redeem
Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us.
Redeem
To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises.
I will redeem all this on Percy's head.
Redeem
To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error.
Which of ye will be mortal, to redeemMan's mortal crime?
It is a chance which does redeem all sorrows.
Redeem
Save from sins
Redeem
Exchange or buy back for money; under threat
Redeem
Pay off (loans or promissory notes)
Redeem
Convert into cash; of commercial papers
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