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Ransack vs Foray - What's the difference?

ransack | foray |

As verbs the difference between ransack and foray

is that ransack is (label) to loot or pillage see also sack while foray is to scour (an area or place) for food, treasure, booty etc.

As a noun foray is

a sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

ransack

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (label) To loot or pillage. See also sack .
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:Their vow is made / To ransack Troy.
  • (label) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.
  • :
  • *(Robert South) (1634–1716)
  • *:to ransack every corner of theirhearts
  • (label) To examine carefully; to investigate.
  • *:
  • *:Thenne came there an olde monke whiche somtyme had ben a knyghte & behelde syre Melyas / And anone he ransakyd hym / & thenne he saide vnto syr Galahad I shal hele hym of this wo?de by the grace of god within the terme of seuen wekes
  • To violate; to ravish; to deflower.
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:Rich spoil of ransacked chastity.

    • foray

    English

    (wikipedia foray)

    Alternative forms

    * forrey

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
  • A brief excursion or attempt especially outside one's accustomed sphere.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 27 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Bastian Schweinsteiger and Muller were among many who should have added the third, and City were limited to rare forays with the excellent Boateng pinching the ball off Aguero and Aleksandar Kolarov shooting wide in stoppage time. }}

    Verb

  • To scour (an area or place) for food, treasure, booty etc.
  • *:
    • Thenne on a tyme the kynge called syr florence a knyght / and sayd to hym they lacked vytaylle / and not ferre from hens ben grete forestes and woodes / wherin ben many of myn enemyes with moche bestyayl / I wyl that thou make the redy and goo thyder in foreyeng / and take with the syr Gawayn my neuew
  • To pillage; to ravage.