As nouns the difference between raven and corvid
is that
raven is while
corvid is a member of the bird family
corvidae , including crows, ravens, jays, choughs, treepies etc.
As an adjective corvid is
pertaining to or resembling the
corvidae .
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
raven English
Noun
( en noun)
A common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus'', especially the common raven, ''Corvus corax .
Derived terms
* (Australian raven) ()
* (brown-necked raven) ()
* (Chatham raven) ()
* (Chihuahuan raven) ()
* common raven (Corvus corax )
* (dwarf raven) ()
* (fan-tailed raven) ()
* (forest raven) ()
* (little raven) ()
* (New Zealand raven) ()
* northern raven (Corvus corax )
* (pied raven)
* (relict raven) ()
* (Somali raven) ()
* (Tasmanian raven) ()
* (thick-billed raven) ()
* (western raven) ()
* (white-necked raven) ()
Adjective
( -)
Of the color of the raven; jet-black
- raven curls
- raven darkness
- She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.
Derived terms
* nonraven
* raven-black
* raven-haired
* ravenhood
* raven standard
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Alternative forms
* ravin, ravine
Noun
( en noun)
Rapine; rapacity.
Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
Verb
( en verb)
(archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.
To devour with great eagerness.
To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
- The raven is both a scavenger, who ravens''' a dead animal almost like a vulture, and a bird of prey, who commonly '''ravens to catch a rodent.
Related terms
* ravener
* ravening
* ravenous, ravenously, ravenousness
References
*
* [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=raven&searchmode=none]
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corvid English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Pertaining to or resembling the Corvidae .
See also
* (l)
Noun
( wikipedia corvid)
( en noun)
A member of the bird family Corvidae , including crows, ravens, jays, choughs, treepies etc.
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