Raven vs Magpie - What's the difference?
raven | magpie |
A common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus'', especially the common raven, ''Corvus corax .
Of the color of the raven; jet-black
(archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.
To devour with great eagerness.
To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae
# especially Pica pica .
A superficially similar Australian bird, .
Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as collecting, or committing robbery.
(slang) Fan or member of
As nouns the difference between raven and magpie
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 magpie is one of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae.As an adjective raven
is of the color of the raven; jet-black.As a verb raven
is to obtain or seize by violence.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)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
(-)- raven curls
- raven darkness
- She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.
Derived terms
* nonraven * raven-black * raven-haired * ravenhood * raven standardEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* ravin, ravineVerb
(en verb)- 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.
