Raid vs. Raven

Raid vs. Raven — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Raid and Raven

Raidnoun

(military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.

Ravennoun

Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.

Raidnoun

An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering

a police raid of a narcotics factorya raid of contractors on the public treasury

Ravennoun

Rapine; rapacity.

Raidnoun

(sports) An attacking movement.

Ravennoun

Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

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Raidnoun

(Internet) An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.

Ravenadjective

Of the color of the raven; jet-black

raven curlsraven darknessShe was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.

Raidnoun

(online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.

Ravenverb

To obtain or seize by violence.

Raidverb

(transitive) To engage in a raid against.

The police raided the gambling den.The soldiers raided the village and burned it down.

Ravenverb

(transitive) To devour with great eagerness.

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Raidverb

(transitive) To lure from another; to entice away from.

Ravenverb

(transitive) To prey on with rapacity.

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.

Raidverb

(transitive) To indulge oneself by taking from.

I raided the fridge for snacks.

Ravenverb

(intransitive) To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something).

Raidnoun

a sudden short attack

Ravennoun

large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail

Raidnoun

an attempt by speculators to defraud investors

Ravenverb

obtain or seize by violence

Raidverb

search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on;

The police raided the crack house

Ravenverb

prey on or hunt for;

These mammals predate certain eggs

Raidverb

enter someone else's territory and take spoils;

The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly

Ravenverb

eat greedily;

he devoured three sandwiches

Raidverb

take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock;

T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies

Ravenverb

feed greedily;

The lions ravened the bodies

Raidverb

search for something needed or desired;

Our babysitter raided our refrigerator