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rave | ranger |

As nouns the difference between rave and ranger

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 ranger is (baseball) a player that plays for the.

As a verb rave

is to wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.

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. ยง 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)

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    ranger

    English

    (wikipedia ranger)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who ranges; a rover.
  • # A roving robber; one who seeks plunder.
  • A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.
  • (obsolete) That which separates or arranges; a sieve.
  • * Holland
    • The tamis ranger .
  • A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
  • (label) In some modern armies, an elite soldier, similar to special forces but often operating in larger units.
  • (label),(label) A warrior character, often with wilderness and stealth skill, who typically travels the country side.
  • (label) A character skilled in the use of .

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