Craven vs Graven - What's the difference?
craven | graven |
Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.
* Sir Walter Scott
To make .
* 1609 : , Act III, Scene IV
carved, engraved
* Old Testament (Exodus 20:4 KJV)
Something fashioned by man, or something man-made. Anything made by man's hands.
Something that is not alive, but made dead, from the grave.
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As adjectives the difference between craven and graven
is that craven is unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly while graven is carved, engraved.As verbs the difference between craven and graven
is that craven is to make craven while graven is past participle of lang=en.As a noun craven
is a coward.As a proper noun Craven
is {{surname|lang=en}.craven
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The poor craven bridegroom said never a word.
Derived terms
* cry cravenVerb
(en verb)- There is a prohibition so divine / That cravens my weak hand.
References
* *Anagrams
* * English adjectives ending in -en ----graven
English
Adjective
(-)- Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
Verb
(head)citation, genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=Deep lines were graven on her pale forehead, and on her wan, thin cheeks. }} English adjectives ending in -en ----