whats the difference between " coming and arriving"? coming means approaching, getting near to, or next (as in a coming attraction) arriving means you are at your destination . whats the difference between "retaliation and retribution and vindictive"???? retaliation = You hit me so I hit you. retribution has an element of justice in it, you hit me so the teacher punished you. vindictive is indicative of a person's charachter as in " he never forgot an injury done to him until he could hurt the person responsible. He was like that with everyone"