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Livid vs Raging - What's the difference?

livid | raging |

As adjectives the difference between livid and raging

is that livid is furiously angry while raging is volatile, very active or unpredictable.

As a verb raging is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun raging is

a display of rage.

livid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (informal) Furiously angry.
  • Having a dark, bluish appearance.
  • * 1929 , , Chapter VII, Section vi
    • The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.
  • Pallid.

    • raging

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • *
  • *:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging . No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Volatile, very active or unpredictable.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A display of rage.
  • *
    • To quell the ragings of his Father's ire, / And save a guilty world from quenchless fire!