Raw vs. Ripe

Raw vs. Ripe — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Raw and Ripe

Rawadjective

(cooking) of food Not cooked.

Ripeadjective

(of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature

ripe grainripe apples

Rawadjective

Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed.

raw cane sugarraw sewage

Ripeadjective

(of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow

ripe cheeseripe wine

Rawadjective

Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated.

a raw wound

Ripeadjective

(figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected

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Rawadjective

New or inexperienced.

a raw beginner

Ripeadjective

(archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.

Rawadjective

Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated.

a raw voice

Ripeadjective

Ready for action or effect; prepared.

Rawadjective

(statistics) of data Uncorrected, without analysis.

Ripeadjective

Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.

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Rawadjective

Unpleasantly cold or damp.

a raw wind

Ripeadjective

(obsolete) Intoxicated.

Rawadjective

Unmasked, undisguised, strongly expressed

raw emotion

Ripeadjective

(legal) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.

Rawadjective

Candid in a representation of unpleasant facts, conditions, etc.

a raw description of the American political arena

Ripeadjective

Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.

Rawadjective

Unrefined, crude, or insensitive, especially with reference to sexual matters

Ripenoun

(agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.

Rawadjective

(obsolete) Not covered; bare; bald.

Ripenoun

The bank of a river.

Rawadverb

(slang) Without a condom.

We did it raw.

Ripeverb

To ripen or mature

Rawnoun

An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.

Ripeadjective

fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used;

ripe peachesfull-bodies mature wines

Rawnoun

A galled place; an inveterate sore.

Ripeadjective

fully prepared or eager;

the colonists were ripe for revolution

Rawnoun

A point about which a person is particularly sensitive.

Ripeadjective

most suitable or right for a particular purpose;

a good time to plant tomatoesthe right time to actthe time is ripe for great sociological changes

Rawnoun

A recording or rip of a show that has not been fansubbed.

Ripeadjective

at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge;

a ripe mind

Rawnoun

A scan that has not been cleaned purged of blemishes arising from the scanning process and has not been scanlated.

Ripeadjective

far along in time;

a man of advanced ageadvanced in yearsa ripe old agethe ripe age of 90

Rawnoun

informal terms for nakedness;

in the rawin the altogetherin his birthday suit

Rawadjective

(used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition;

natural yogurtnatural produceraw woolraw sugarbales of rude cotton

Rawadjective

having the surface exposed and painful;

a raw wound

Rawadjective

not treated with heat to prepare it for eating

Rawadjective

not processed or refined;

raw sewage

Rawadjective

devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure;

naked ambitionraw furyyou may kill someone someday with your raw power

Rawadjective

brutally unfair or harsh;

received raw treatment from his friendsa raw deal

Rawadjective

not processed or subjected to analysis;

raw datathe raw cost of productiononly the crude vital statistics

Rawadjective

untempered and unrefined;

raw talentraw beauty

Rawadjective

unpleasantly cold and damp;

bleak winds of the North Atlantic

Rawadjective

inflamed and painful;

his throat was rawhad a sore throat

Rawadjective

used of wood and furniture;

raw wood

Rawadjective

lacking training or experience;

the new men were eager to fightraw recruitshe was still wet behind the ears when he shipped as a hand on a merchant vessel

Rawadjective

(used informally) completely unclothed