What is the difference between ravener and raven?
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(obsolete) One who, or that which, ravens or plunders.
(obsolete) A bird of prey.
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.
Ravener is a related term of raven.
As nouns the difference between ravener and raven
is that ravener is {{context|obsolete|lang=en}} one who, or that which, ravens or plunders while raven is a common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus corvus , especially the common raven, (taxlink) or raven can be rapine; rapacity.As a adjective raven is
of the color of the raven; jet-black.As a verb raven is
{{context|archaic|lang=en}} to obtain or seize by violence.ravener
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(en noun)- (Gower)
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raven
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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.
