different between hostility vs vindictiveness

English

From Middle English hostilitie, hostilite, from Old French hostilité, from Latin host?lit?s.

hostility (countable and uncountable, plural hostilities)

(uncountable) The state of being hostile.
- 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
  The polarization of wealth and the polarization of attitudes to diversity are not unrelated. A key reason for popular hostility to immigrants is that to many people, particularly within working-class communities, immigration has become a symbol of unacceptable change.
(countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.

(state of being hostile): antagonism, opposition, enmity, animosity, antipathy, hatred, unfriendliness
(military action): war, fighting, combat

vindictive +? -ness

vindictiveness (usually uncountable, plural vindictivenesses)

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