Here follows the definition of the words revenge and avenge + the difference between revenge and avenge.
Both words are about repaying a wrong. The differences between them have to do with grammar and shades of meaning, though there is considerable overlap in meaning, dictated by usage over time. Grammatically speaking, avenge is a verb only; revenge is a verb and more usually a noun. Avenge traditionally relates not only to repaying a wrong but to getting justice on somebody else's behalf as a remedy for that wrong. Revenge traditionally relates to getting even with an adversary by inflicting punishment or harm.
Though both avengeand revenge can be used as transitive verbs with reflexive pronouns, revenge is commoner in this use: The dictatorship avenged itself on the partisans' radio station by burning it to the ground; As a victim of a hate crime, she finally avenged herself on the perpetrators.
Both words are about repaying a wrong. The differences between them have to do with grammar and shades of meaning, though there is considerable overlap in meaning, dictated by usage over time. Grammatically speaking, avenge is a verb only; revenge is a verb and more usually a noun. Avenge traditionally relates not only to repaying a wrong but to getting justice on somebody else's behalf as a remedy for that wrong. Revenge traditionally relates to getting even with an adversary by inflicting punishment or harm.
Though both avengeand revenge can be used as transitive verbs with reflexive pronouns, revenge is commoner in this use: The dictatorship avenged itself on the partisans' radio station by burning it to the ground; As a victim of a hate crime, she finally avenged herself on the perpetrators.
1. They vowed to avenge their sister's murder (or their murdered sister).
2. In an act of revenge for the bombing of our ship, our navy shelled the terrorists' training camps; Bands of irregular soldiers set out to revenge their leader's assassination.
2. In an act of revenge for the bombing of our ship, our navy shelled the terrorists' training camps; Bands of irregular soldiers set out to revenge their leader's assassination.
by Jafje April 10, 2007
Get the Revenge mug.Something one must have an intense lust for.
It is quite rare when someone has such a lust.
So people usually react in shock.
It is quite rare when someone has such a lust.
So people usually react in shock.
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Get the Revenge mug.by DoomMan83 June 22, 2014
Get the revenge mug.To inflict punishment in return for injury or insult.
Basically, it is to "get back" at someone for something they did to you
Revenge is a lot like Gazpacho - it is a dish best served cold!!!
Basically, it is to "get back" at someone for something they did to you
Revenge is a lot like Gazpacho - it is a dish best served cold!!!
If some one slaps you around the head and you, in return, break their legs, then that is known as revenge
by Hay Dude June 13, 2005
Get the revenge mug.When you trick a seemingly innocent girl into letting you have anal sex with her, and you return from the bathroom to find that she's gone and has taken a huge shit in the middle of your bed.
Sometimes, if she was super pissed about it, she takes the dump in your drawer and you don't find it for a few days.
Sometimes, if she was super pissed about it, she takes the dump in your drawer and you don't find it for a few days.
Biff: "Hey Floyd - that stupid slut you hooked me up with last night. Yeah, uh, I don't know how to tell you this, but she crapped in my bed."
Floyd: "Uh...what do you mean?"
Biff: "Are you retarded? I fucked Leona in the ass, and then when I went to wash my cock off she took a massive crap in my bed. Those sheets will never be the same. Corn and peas. NA-A-STY!
Floyd: "Corn AND peas? That is fucking rotten. I mean, if it was only corn I could see-"
Biff: "Shut up you asshole. Listen, you're not going to tell ANYONE about this. I'll beat your ass if you do. But seriously, that bitch got pretty hard revenge on me. My mama gave me those sheets and she always asks about them. How can I tell her that some skank took a huge, squirrelly dump in them because I analed her?"
Floyd: "Just tell her that a homeless guy broke into your-"
Biff: "Dude, you suck."
Floyd: "Uh...what do you mean?"
Biff: "Are you retarded? I fucked Leona in the ass, and then when I went to wash my cock off she took a massive crap in my bed. Those sheets will never be the same. Corn and peas. NA-A-STY!
Floyd: "Corn AND peas? That is fucking rotten. I mean, if it was only corn I could see-"
Biff: "Shut up you asshole. Listen, you're not going to tell ANYONE about this. I'll beat your ass if you do. But seriously, that bitch got pretty hard revenge on me. My mama gave me those sheets and she always asks about them. How can I tell her that some skank took a huge, squirrelly dump in them because I analed her?"
Floyd: "Just tell her that a homeless guy broke into your-"
Biff: "Dude, you suck."
by Pollup December 25, 2007
Get the revenge mug.Being at an awesome pool party with the girl of your dreams, then leaving her for a while, only to see her wading in the pool with another guy.
Seeing that, you decide to mingle with other girls in hopes that she will notice you, but you end up hitting on the wrong woman - the fiancee of a war freak.
You then end up with a chair thrown to your face.
And the worst part? You dreamgirl was just talking to a family friend the whole time.
Seeing that, you decide to mingle with other girls in hopes that she will notice you, but you end up hitting on the wrong woman - the fiancee of a war freak.
You then end up with a chair thrown to your face.
And the worst part? You dreamgirl was just talking to a family friend the whole time.
Ian: "Hey Jed, who's that guy Jessica is talking to in the pool?"
Jed: "I don't recognize him. I think he might be hitting on her."
Ian: "What the hell, man. I gotta take revenge on her now. Let's see, who else here looks as good as her?"
*hits on an ugly girl then gets a chair thrown to his face*
Jessica: "Ian are you alright?? What happened??"
Ian: "You were hitting on that guy in the pool."
Jessica: "Oh, the celebrant's cousin? He's a good friend of mine! We were just talking about you, actually."
Ian: "Oh fucker."
Jed: "I don't recognize him. I think he might be hitting on her."
Ian: "What the hell, man. I gotta take revenge on her now. Let's see, who else here looks as good as her?"
*hits on an ugly girl then gets a chair thrown to his face*
Jessica: "Ian are you alright?? What happened??"
Ian: "You were hitting on that guy in the pool."
Jessica: "Oh, the celebrant's cousin? He's a good friend of mine! We were just talking about you, actually."
Ian: "Oh fucker."
by c'est si bon August 13, 2009
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