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Ravin vs Mavin - What's the difference?

ravin | mavin |

As nouns the difference between ravin and mavin

is that ravin is (obsolete) food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven while mavin is .

As an adjective ravin

is (obsolete) ravenous.

ravin

English

Alternative forms

* ravine

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete) food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven
  • * 1850 , :
  • Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw / With ravine , shriek'd against his creed

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) ravenous
  • * 1598 , , III. ii. 117:
  • Better 'twere / I met the ravin lion when he roared / With sharp constraint of hunger;
    (Webster 1913) ----

    mavin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)