Ravine vs Raven - What's the difference?
ravine | raven |
A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=3 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.
As a verb ravine
is .As a noun raven is
.ravine
English
("ravine" on Wikipedia)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=He fell into a reverie, a most dangerous state of mind for a chauffeur, since a fall into reverie on the part of a driver may mean a fall into a ravine on the part of the machine.}}
Derived terms
* ravine-buck * ravined * ravine-deerSee also
* canyon * gorge * gulley, gully * valleyAnagrams
* ----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.
