What's the difference between avenger and vindicate?

Avenger


Definition:

  • (n.) One who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood.
  • (n.) One who takes vengeance.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For my money, Batman should be teamed up with the Burka Avenger .
  • (2) He admitted the increased profile afforded him by appearances in movies such as Captain America , its forthcoming sequel The Winter Soldier and 2012's $1.5bn superhero ensemble piece The Avengers had helped him get a foot on the ladder as a film-maker.
  • (3) Isis recently threatened to kill American hostages to avenge the crushing airstrikes in Iraq against militants advancing on Mount Sinjar and the Kurdish capital of Irbil.
  • (4) Last October, apparently to avenge charges of drift, the Culture Department launched its library services modernisation review in an avalanche of wonk-speak that suggested little understanding of what brilliant places libraries can be.
  • (5) As Gabrielle is at pains to point out, there was no unhappy childhood to avenge; no traumas to shove into the creative crucible.
  • (6) Some of the Shia militias taking part in the campaign have also said they want to avenge the infamous Camp Speicher massacre, one of the largest incidents of mass execution by Isis, when up to 1,700 Iraqi Shia army cadets were massacred last year.
  • (7) Click here to watch It has been reported elsewhere that Star Wars could be packaged in line with the studio's Marvel universe, which successfully delivered a series of comic book films focusing on individual superheroes before bringing them all together for the $1.5bn box office hit The Avengers earlier this year.
  • (8) Facebook Twitter Pinterest With a year of expensive sequels ahead (Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star Wars: The Force Awakens are both budgeted at more than $200m), it’s a vital time for a dramatic uplift in both US and international box office, which has seen a reduced rate of growth in the past three years.
  • (9) LG Assembly Hall, Edinburgh ( nationaltheatrescotland.com ), 17 September Electra Kristin Scott Thomas stars as Sophocles’s murderous heroine who joins with her brother, Orestes, to avenge their father’s death.
  • (10) Mosque attack – A man has been arrested after trying to drive a car into a crowd in front of a mosque in Paris, reportedly to avenge attacks linked to Isis that have killed dozens in Paris in recent years.
  • (11) Maybe instead of being assembled in different formations – such as the Marvel Avengers, or Superman and Batman – American superheroes could benefit from a sort of cultural exchange programme.
  • (12) "Apart from anything else, with Superman returning to a cinematic landscape that now also has that other god-alien Thor, not to mention Iron Man, Hulk – hell, all the Avengers – it wasn't a daft move to avoid any winks to his inherent absurdity," he writes.
  • (13) He duly obliged and the crowd was treated to the first look at Age of Ultron, starting with a witty interchange between the Avengers as each, enjoying a drink and dressed in civilian clothing, tries to lift Thor’s hammer.
  • (14) Jackson's comments led the adult star Catalina Cruz to call for a boycott of his movies , telling the Avengers actor that "these sites are stealing whole members' areas and have to potential to kill an industry."
  • (15) The Avengers, $392.5m Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Guardian Film Show discusses Jurassic World.
  • (16) Black Widow: girls and boys need more kick-ass female Avengers action figures Read more Rival studios made the wise decision to avoid putting new movies up against Disney-Marvel’s superhero epic, resulting in a complete absence of competing debutants in North America.
  • (17) The stated desire to avenge the massacre has also given rise to fears by locals from Tikrit that the militias may carry out retributive killings or summary executions.
  • (18) Watson was hoping to avenge his defeat but instead the world watched as Eubank caught Watson with a devastating uppercut in the 11th round.
  • (19) The attacks were “to avenge the bloodshed and to seek retribution from the killers”, a spokesman said.
  • (20) It appears the so-called "Avengers bounce" which helped Shane Black's film to a $1.2m haul, is still in place.

Vindicate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
  • (v. t.) To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title.
  • (v. t.) To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify.
  • (v. t.) To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.
  • (v. t.) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
  • (v. t.) To avenge; to punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish infidelity.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In some respects, the impasse is a vindication of the UK electorate’s decision to leave the EU and pursue its own agreements.” He said when the UK government was free to make its own trade deals after leaving the EU, it should target willing partners such as emerging markets.
  • (2) It’s about state sovereignty.” The BLM’s retreat vindicated his stance, he said, tapping a copy of the US constitution which he keeps in a breast pocket.
  • (3) In the end, Jill feels her decision was vindicated when her marriage broke up after she discovered he was having an affair.
  • (4) Jonathan Rees, who was yesterday cleared of murdering his former business partner, Daniel Morgan, is a private investigator of a particularly unpleasant and vindicative kind.
  • (5) It represents something of a vindication for Spielberg whose last high-minded awards contender, the first-world-war drama War Horse, failed to win anything at the last edition of either the Globes or the Oscars.
  • (6) Yet victory at Wembley will be hailed as vindication of the decision to change manager.
  • (7) The damning comments by Judge Alistair McCreath both vindicated Contostavlos – who insisted she was entrapped by the reporter into promising to arrange a cocaine deal – and potentially brought down the curtain on the long and controversial career of Mahmood, better known as the "fake sheikh" after one of his common disguises.
  • (8) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Osborne: Google tax deal vindicates government approach The Guardian understands that Google’s 2014-15 taxes increased by £13.8m under the new formula.
  • (9) Vilified, prosecuted, but – in the court of public opinion – ultimately vindicated: this is what happens to the heroes of democracy.
  • (10) George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, said: "This is hugely significant, as it completely vindicates the big decision taken by David Cameron and myself on the economy, and it leaves Gordon Brown's political plans for the G20 and the budget in tatters."
  • (11) Cimarosa's break with the rules of omertà appears to vindicate the policy of asset seizures, which have cut Messina Denaro's cash flow and forced him to squeeze his backers harder for funds.
  • (12) Stable healing of the ligament and a good functional result in all cases as well as a very low rate of complications vindicate this management.
  • (13) Balls also reveals the personal sense of vindication he felt when the chancellor had to admit in the autumn statement how much higher borrowing is going to be in the future.
  • (14) Every effort was made to discredit those who rejected the case for invasion and occupation – and would before long be comprehensively vindicated.
  • (15) The press conference comes one day after the White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, said Trump was “extremely confident” that the justice department would produce evidence to the House committee that vindicated the president’s accusation.
  • (16) The comedy, in which she stars as gaffe-prone vice-president Selina Meyer, has been seen as a personal triumph for Louis-Dreyfus, as well as a stateside vindication for the comic method of its creator, Armando Iannucci .
  • (17) That reality, and its vindication of the miners’ stand , is well understood 30 years later, and reflected in the power of contemporary films such as Pride and the new documentary Still the Enemy Within .
  • (18) Pékerman had insisted life would go on without Falcao and was thoroughly vindicated.
  • (19) Schalke's 20-year-old Ivan Rakitic showed why he is so highly rated and vindicated Bilic's decision to aim for more mobility by picking him as an auxiliary attacker at the expense of Mladen Petric.
  • (20) The results also vindicate the current policy of giving BCG vaccine at birth and probably indicates the need to revaccinate at school leaving age, in accordance with WHO recommendations.