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retaliation vs vengeance

vengeance vs retaliation

retaliation and vengeance both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
retaliation Yes No No No
vengeance Yes No No No
As nouns, vengeance is a hyponym of retaliation; that is, vengeance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than retaliation:
  • retaliation: action taken in return for an injury or offense
  • vengeance: the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
Other hyponyms of retaliation include payback, retribution, reprisal.
retaliation (noun) vengeance (noun)
action taken in return for an injury or offense the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
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