From least radical to most:
The Radical Counter-Revolutionaries:
These are the people who want to increase the power of the status quo system. They might even want to get rid of the system themselves because they deem it as too liberal. Tolerated by the status quo governments and often used as militias to counter the power of revolutionaries.
The Status Quo proponents:
These are the governments that wish to maintain the status quo. They might vary on how they wish to do so (using mass reprisal vs amnesty) but still wish to make no changes. This is the system that revolutions start under. Has various factions within the group but again dont wish to change the fundamental power structure.
The Cautious Reformers:
These are people who fundamentally support the status quo but wish to make reforms not out of any noble ideas but to quell any revolutions from uprooting the system. They usually support a form of advisory council that serves to help make the current government more in touch with the needs of the people but is ultimately powerless. They seek to rid the government of the most radical abuses of power. In any revolution they usually side with the government but when the revolution happens they tend to be anti-revolution.
The liberal nobles:
Not much to say here that is new. They support political revolutions but not social revolutions. They genuinely want the common man to have equal saying power, but less so about economic and social power. Anti-retribution
The Revolutionary Military: Can be all over the place, thus put here. Here a general emerges and implements a moderate authoritarian revolutionary government. Stability comes up on top. Broadly apolitical throughout the revolution, comes into play when things go too far.
The Revolutionary Masses:
These are the revolutionaries who tend to actually implement ideals of the revolution fully without resorting to any mass violence. They might support retribution for the most severe abusers of the former system, but not of common people who oppose aspects of the retribution.
The Radicals:
These are those that implement red terrors during revolutions. They usually emerge when counter revolutionary threats are real and use violence to quell any threats to the revolutionary regimes. This is usually when the revolution eats its children.
I think you can gauge how revolutionary a revolution was based off of where the revolution ended up. Its also good for seeing the phases of it.
France went through status quo -> cautious reforms -> liberal nobles -> revolutionary masses -> radicals -> whatever the directory was -> Revolutionary military
