different between revenge vs venge

English

Etymology

From Middle French revenge, a derivation from revenger, from Old French revengier (possibly influenced by Old Occitan revènge (“revenge, comeback”), from Old Occitan revenir (“to come back”)), a variant of Middle French revancher, from Old French revenchier. The variants Old French vengier (whence French venger) and Old French venchier are both descended from Latin vindic?, with stress-conditioned different parallel development in the inflectional forms. Compare avenge and vengeance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???v?nd?/
• Hyphenation: re?venge

Noun

revenge (usually uncountable, plural revenges)

1. Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.

   Synonyms: payback, wreak; see also Thesaurus:revenge

2. A win by a previous loser.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

revenge (third-person singular simple present revenges, present participle revenging, simple past and past participle revenged)

1. (transitive) To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge.
   • 1814, Lord Berners, The Ancient Chronicles of Sir John Froissart

     to revenge the death of our fathers

   • The gods are just, and will revenge our cause.

   • circa 1840, Leigh Hunt, The Seer; Or, Common-places Refreshed

     However, my veneration for that illustrious man was so great, that on the night when he died, I revenged him finely on his two principal enemies.

2. (transitive, reflexive) To take one's revenge (on or upon someone).
3. (intransitive, archaic) To take vengeance; to revenge itself.

Translations

See also

• vendetta
• avenge
• venge
• vengeance
• get one's own back
• get back at somebody
• retaliate

Anagrams

• genever

English

Etymology

From Middle English vengen, from Old French venger, from Latin vindicare (“to avenge, vindicate”).

Verb

venge (third-person singular simple present venges, present participle venging, simple past and past participle venged)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To avenge; to punish; to revenge.

Related terms

• avenge
• revenge
• vengeance
• vengeful

Derived terms

• venger

Further reading

• venge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• venge in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• venge at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Negev

French

Verb

venge

1. first-person singular present indicative of venger
2. third-person singular present indicative of venger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of venger
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of venger
5. second-person singular imperative of venger