vengeance vs retaliation

vengeance and retaliation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vengeance	Yes	No	No	No
retaliation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, retaliation is a hypernym of vengeance; that is, retaliation is a word with a broader meaning than vengeance:

vengeance: the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
retaliation: action taken in return for an injury or offense

Other hypernyms of vengeance include revenge.

vengeance (noun)	retaliation (noun)
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life	action taken in return for an injury or offense