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Havened vs Ravened - What's the difference?

havened | ravened |

As verbs the difference between havened and ravened

is that havened is past tense of haven while ravened is past tense of raven.

havened

English

Verb

(head)
  • (haven)

    • haven

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
  • * Shakespeare
    • what shipping and what lading's in our haven
  • * Tennyson
    • their haven under the hill
  • (by extension) A place of safety; a refuge or sanctuary.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 21 , author=Helen Pidd , title=Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.}}

    Synonyms

    * refuge * sanctuary * zoar

    Derived terms

    * tax haven

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put into, or provide with a haven.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    ravened

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (raven)

    • raven

    English

    Etymology 1

    (wikipedia raven) (Corvus corax) From (etyl) ).

    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]

    Anagrams

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