Rivage vs Ravage - What's the difference?
rivage | ravage |
A coast, a shore.
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*:Ryght soo departed Galahad / Percyual / and Bors with hym / and soo they rode thre dayes / and thenne they came to a Ryuage and fonde the shyp/ And whanne they cam to the borde / they fonde in the myddes the table of syluer / whiche they had lefte with the maymed kynge and the Sancgreal whiche was couerd with rede samyte
* 1892 , Michael Field, "The Death of Procris"
:(Spenser)
* (1809-1892)
*:From the green rivage many a fall / Of diamond rillets musical.
A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.
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To devastate or destroy something.
To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something.
To wreak destruction.
Grievous damage or havoc.
* Addison
Depredation or devastation
As a noun rivage
is a coast, a shore.As a verb ravage is
.rivage
English
Noun
(en noun)- ...leaves have taken flight
- From yon
- Slim seedling-birch on the rivage, the flock
- Of herons has the quiet of solitude...
ravage
English
Verb
Noun
(en noun)- Would one think 'twere possible for love / To make such ravage in a noble soul?
- the ravage''' of a lion; the '''ravages''' of fire or tempest; the '''ravages of an army, or of time