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    What is the difference between avenge and revenge?

    Question #119789. Asked by star_gazer. (Jan 04 11 7:44 PM)


    reedy

    		Avenge is only used as a verb, while revenge can be either a verb or a noun.

    In terms of meaning:

    To avenge is “to get revenge” or “to take vengeance”; it suggests the administration of just punishment for a criminal or immoral act.

    Revenge seems to stress the idea of retaliation a bit more strongly and implies real hatred as its motivation. The verb revenge is usually used with a reflexive pronoun: He revenged himself on those who had killed his parents;

    http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/33947-avenge-vs-revenge.html

    Jan 04 11, 10:26 PM

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