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raven | rave |

As nouns the difference between raven and rave

is that raven is while 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.

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.

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 ----

    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)

    Anagrams

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