Raptor vs. Rapture

Raptor vs. Rapture — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Raptor and Rapture

Raptornoun

A bird of prey.

Rapturenoun

Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.

Raptornoun

(obsolete) One who ravishes or plunders.

Rapturenoun

In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, the event when Jesus returns and gathers the souls of living believers. (Usually "the rapture.")

Raptornoun

One of the dromaeosaurs, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the hind legs.

Rapturenoun

(obsolete) The act of kidnapping or abducting, especially the forceful carrying off of a woman.

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Raptornoun

any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals

Rapturenoun

(obsolete) Rape; ravishment; sexual violation.

Rapturenoun

(obsolete) The act of carrying, conveying, transporting or sweeping along by force of movement; the force of such movement; the fact of being carried along by such movement.

Rapturenoun

A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.

Raptureverb

To cause to experience great happiness or excitement.

Raptureverb

To experience great happiness or excitement.

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Raptureverb

(transitive) To take (someone) off the Earth and bring (them) to Heaven as part of the Rapture.

Raptureverb

To take part in the Rapture; to leave Earth and go to Heaven as part of the Rapture.

Raptureverb

(uncommon) To state (something, transitive) or talk (intransitive) rapturously.

Rapturenoun

a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion;

listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture

Rapturenoun

a state of elated bliss