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Ravine vs Ravin - What's the difference?

ravine | ravin | Alternative forms |

Ravin is a alternative form of ravine.



As nouns the difference between ravine and ravin

is that ravine is a deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water while ravin is food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.

As an adjective ravin is

ravenous.

ravine

English

("ravine" on Wikipedia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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 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-deer

    Related terms

    * ravinement

    See also

    * canyon * gorge * gulley, gully * valley

    Anagrams

    * ----

    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) ----