Rapacious vs Rapturous - What's the difference?
rapacious | rapturous |
Voracious; avaricious.
* 1787 , :
Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
* 1910 , :
Subsisting off live prey.
* 1827 , :
The state or condition of being full of rapture
As adjectives the difference between rapacious and rapturous
is that rapacious is voracious; avaricious while rapturous is the state or condition of being full of rapture.rapacious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- To presume a want of motives for such contests [of power between states] as an argument against their existence, would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious .
- A Prince [...] sooner becomes hated by being rapacious and by interfering with the property and with the women of his subjects, than in any other way.
- Even the rapacious birds appeared to comprehend the nature of the ceremony, for [...] they once more began to make their airy circuits above the place [...]
Usage notes
* The use of this term for animals other than birds is dated.Synonyms
* See alsorapturous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The rapturous emotions on the pulpit