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raven | haven |

As nouns the difference between raven and haven

is that raven is a common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax while haven is a harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.

As verbs the difference between raven and haven

is that raven is to obtain or seize by violence while haven is to put into, or provide with a haven.

As an adjective raven

is of the color of the raven; jet-black.

As a proper noun Raven

is {{given name|female|from=English}} for a girl with raven hair, used since the 1970s.

raven

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia raven) (Corvus corax) From (etyl) ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus'', especially the common raven, ''Corvus corax .
    • Derived terms
    * (Australian raven) () * (brown-necked raven) () * (Chatham raven) () * (Chihuahuan raven) () * common raven (Corvus corax ) * (dwarf raven) () * (fan-tailed raven) () * (forest raven) () * (little raven) () * (New Zealand raven) () * northern raven (Corvus corax ) * (pied raven) * (relict raven) () * (Somali raven) () * (Tasmanian raven) () * (thick-billed raven) () * (western raven) () * (white-necked raven) ()

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of the color of the raven; jet-black
    • raven curls
    raven darkness
    She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.
    Derived terms
    * nonraven * raven-black * raven-haired * ravenhood * raven standard

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * ravin, ravine

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Rapine; rapacity.
  • Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.
  • To devour with great eagerness.
  • To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
    • The raven is both a scavenger, who ravens''' a dead animal almost like a vulture, and a bird of prey, who commonly '''ravens to catch a rodent.
    Related terms
    * ravener * ravening * ravenous, ravenously, ravenousness

    References

    * * [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=raven&searchmode=none]

    Anagrams

    * English adjectives ending in -en English heteronyms ----

    haven

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
  • * Shakespeare
    • what shipping and what lading's in our haven
  • * Tennyson
    • their haven under the hill
  • (by extension) A place of safety; a refuge or sanctuary.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 21 , author=Helen Pidd , title=Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.}}

    Synonyms

    * refuge * sanctuary * zoar

    Derived terms

    * tax haven

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put into, or provide with a haven.

    • Anagrams

    * ----