Rapey vs Ravey - What's the difference?
rapey | ravey |
(informal) Inclined to commit rape (sexual assault).
(informal) Featuring or characterized by rape.
(informal) Suggestive of rape.
(informal) Characteristic of rave music or culture.
* 1999 , Peter Shapiro, Drum 'n' Bass: The Rough Guide
* 1999 , Mireille Silcott, Rave America: New School Dancescapes (page 43)
In informal|lang=en terms the difference between rapey and ravey
is that rapey is (informal) suggestive of rape while ravey is (informal) characteristic of rave music or culture.As adjectives the difference between rapey and ravey
is that rapey is (informal) inclined to commit rape (sexual assault) while ravey is (informal) characteristic of rave music or culture.rapey
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a rapey novel
- This song is pretty rapey if you think about the lyrics.
ravey
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Smokey Joe's Bad Boy EP (1993) followed suit with an explicitly funky, rather than ravey , feel
- he couldn't see the end of the human sea: before him were twenty-five thousand people in fluo, stripey ravey gear.
