different between vindicator vs vindictive

English

Etymology

vindicate +? -or

Noun

vindicator (plural vindicators)

1. a person who vindicates

Latin

Etymology 1

From vindic? +? -tor.

Noun

vindic?tor m (genitive vindic?t?ris); third declension

1. (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) avenger, vindicator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: venjador
• French: vengeur
• Italian: vendicatore
• Portuguese: vingador
• Spanish: vengador

Etymology 2

Verb forms.

Verb

vindic?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of vindic?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of vindic?

References

• vindicator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vindicator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Latin vindicta (“vengeance”), from vindico (“claim, vindicate”), from vindex (“defender”), +? -ive.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /v?n?d?k.t?v/
• Rhymes: -?kt?v

Adjective

vindictive (comparative more vindictive, superlative most vindictive)

1. Having a tendency to seek revenge when wronged, vengeful.
2. (obsolete) punitive

Synonyms

• vengeful, revengeful, nasty
• See also Thesaurus:vengeful

Derived terms

• vindictively
• vindictiveness

Related terms

• vindicate
• vindication
• vindicator

Translations

Further reading

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