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Rave vs Hurrah - What's the difference?

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Rave is a related term of hurrah.


As nouns the difference between rave and hurrah

is that rave is an enthusiastic review (such as of a play) or rave can be one of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh while hurrah is a cheer; a cry of hurrah! .

As verbs the difference between rave and hurrah

is that rave is to wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging while hurrah is (intransitive) to give a hurrah (to somebody).

As an interjection hurrah is

expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.

rave

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) raver, variant of resver, of uncertain origin.

Noun

(en noun)
  • An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
  • An all-night dance party filled with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use.
  • (uncountable) The genre of electronic dance music associated with rave parties.
  • * 2009 , Chrysalis Experiential Academy, Mind Harvesting (page 109)
    • Maybe I wear baggies / And white socks with flip-flops / Maybe I don't like listening to rave / And I'm not on the social mountaintops

    Verb

    (rav)
  • To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.
  • * Addison
    • Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast?
  • * Macaulay
    • The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Killiecrankie.
  • To speak or write wildly or incoherently.
  • * 1748 , David Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding , Section 3. § 5.
    • A production without design would resemble more the ravings of a madman, than the sober efforts of genius and learning.
  • To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; followed by about'', ''of'', or (formerly) ''on .
    • He raved about her beauty.
  • * Byron
    • The hallowed scene / Which others rave on, though they know it not.
  • (obsolete) To rush wildly or furiously.
    • (Spenser)
  • To attend a rave (dance party).

    • See also

    * rant

    Etymology 2

    English dialect raves, or .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    hurrah

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hoorah, hooray, hurray

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.

    • Synonyms

    * (expression of approval) see * (expression of joy) see

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cheer; a cry of hurrah! .

    • Derived terms

    * the last hurrah

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive) To give a hurrah (to somebody).
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 14, author=Winnie Hu, title=Equal Cheers for Boys and Girls Draw Some Boos, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Boys’ basketball boosters say something is missing in the stands at away games, cheerleaders resent not being able to meet their rivals on the road, and even female basketball players being hurrahed are unhappy.}}