Rave vs Cheer - What's the difference?

Rave is a related term of cheer.

As nouns the difference between rave and cheer

is that rave is an enthusiastic review (such as of a play) or rave can be one of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh while cheer is land, country, state, territory, shore.

As a verb rave

is to wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.

rave

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) raver, variant of resver, of uncertain origin.

Noun

(en noun)

An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).

An all-night dance party filled with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use.

(uncountable) The genre of electronic dance music associated with rave parties.

* 2009 , Chrysalis Experiential Academy, Mind Harvesting (page 109)

Maybe I wear baggies / And white socks with flip-flops / Maybe I don't like listening to rave / And I'm not on the social mountaintops

Verb

(rav)

To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.

* Addison

Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast?

* Macaulay

The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Killiecrankie.

To speak or write wildly or incoherently.

* 1748 , David Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding , Section 3. § 5.

A production without design would resemble more the ravings of a madman, than the sober efforts of genius and learning.

To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; followed by about'', ''of'', or (formerly) ''on .

He raved about her beauty.

* Byron

The hallowed scene / Which others rave on, though they know it not.

(obsolete) To rush wildly or furiously.

(Spenser)

To attend a rave (dance party).

Etymology 2

English dialect raves, or .

Noun

(en noun)

One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.

(Webster 1913)

Anagrams

* ----

cheer

English

Noun

(obsolete) The face.

*:And soo on the morne they were alle accorded that they shold departe eueryche from other / And on the morne they departed with wepynge chere / and euery kny?t took the way that hym lyked best

*, I.50:

*:Heraclitus taking pitie and compassion of the very same condition of ours, was continually seene with a sad, mournfull, and heavie cheere , and with teares trickling downe his blubbered eyes.

(obsolete) One's expression or countenance.

*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , V.7:

*:‘thorough evill rest of this last night, / Or ill apayd or much dismayd ye be; / That by your change of cheare is easie for to see.’

(archaic) One's attitude, mood.

*1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) VI:

*:And anon he talked with them, and sayde unto them: be of good chere , it is I, be not afrayed.

*Holinshed

*:The parentsfled away with heavy cheer .

(uncountable) A cheerful attitude; gaiety; mirth.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:I have not that alacrity of spirit, / Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have.

That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment.

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A cry expressing joy, approval or support such as "hurray".

* (1809-1892)

*:Welcome her, thundering cheer of the street.

A chant made in support of a team at a sports event.

Synonyms

* See also

Verb

To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up .

We were cheered by the offer of a cup of tea.

To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.

* Dryden

The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered .

(ambitransitive) To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts.

The crowd cheered in support of the athletes.

The crowd cheered the athletes.

Derived terms

* cheerful * cheer on * cheers * cheer up * cheery * in good cheer * wotcher