Ravish vs Destroy - What's the difference?
ravish | destroy |
(obsolete, or, archaic) To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
* {{quote-book
, year=1873
, author=Jules Verne
, title=Around the World in 80 Days
, chapter=9
To rape.
* {{quote-book
, year=1759
, author=Voltaire
, title=Candide
, chapter=8
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.x:
To cause destruction.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
(colloquial) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
As verbs the difference between ravish and destroy
is that ravish is to seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force while destroy is To damage beyond use or repair.
ravish
English
Verb
(es)citation, passage=Passepartout was ravished to behold this celebrated place, and thought that, with its circular walls and dismantled fort, it looked like an immense coffee-cup and saucer.}}
citation, passage=A tall Bulgarian soldier, six feet high, perceiving that I had fainted away at this sight, attempted to ravish me; the operation brought me to my senses. I cried, I struggled, I bit, I scratched, I would have torn the tall Bulgarian’s eyes out, not knowing that what had happened at my father’s castle was a customary thing.}}
- For loe that Guest would beare her forcibly, / And meant to ravish her, that rather had to dy.
Synonyms
* abripe * (seize and carry away) kidnapDerived terms
* ravishing * ravishmentdestroy
English
Verb
To damage beyond use or repair.
- The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
- ''Hooligans destroy unprovoked
- ''Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
- Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
- The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.