retaliative vs vindicatory

retaliative and vindicatory both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
retaliative	No	Yes	No	No
vindicatory	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, retaliative and vindicatory are synonyms defined as:

retaliative and vindicatory: of or relating to or having the nature of retribution

Other synonyms of retaliative include retaliatory, retributive, retributory.

retaliative (adjective)	vindicatory (adjective)
of or relating to or having the nature of retribution	providing justification
	given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts
	of or relating to or having the nature of retribution