Raw vs. Ripe: What's the Difference?

Raw and Ripe Definitions
Raw
Uncooked
Raw meat.
Ripe
Fully developed; mature
Ripe peaches.
Raw
Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined
Raw wool.
Ripe
Sufficiently advanced in preparation or aging to be used or eaten
Ripe cheese.
Raw
Not finished, covered, or coated
Raw wood.
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Ripe
Thoroughly matured, as by study or experience; seasoned
Ripe judgment.
Raw
Not having been subjected to adjustment, treatment, or analysis
Raw data.
The raw cost of production.
Ripe
Advanced in years
The ripe age of 90.
Raw
Undeveloped or unused
Raw land.
Ripe
Fully prepared to do or undergo something; ready
"By 1965 the republic was ripe for a coup" (Alex Shoumatoff).
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Raw
Recently finished; fresh
Raw plaster.
Ripe
Sufficiently advanced; opportune
The time is ripe for great societal changes.
Raw
Inexperienced or untrained
A raw youth.
Raw recruits.
Ripe
Sensuous and full
Ripe lips.
Raw
Having subcutaneous tissue exposed
A raw wound.
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Ripe
Coarse or indecent; vulgar
The comic's ripe language.
Raw
Inflamed; sore
A raw throat.
Ripe
Emitting a foul odor
"the dirt and stench ... the mountains of ripe bushmeat in every camp" (Bryan Mealer).
Raw
Unpleasantly damp and chilly
Raw weather.
Ripe
(of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature
Ripe grain
Ripe apples
Raw
Powerfully impressive; stark
Raw beauty.
Raw talent.
Ripe
(of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow
Ripe cheese
Ripe wine
Raw
Direct in description and explicit in realistic detail
The film's raw depiction of urban poverty.
Ripe
(figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected
Raw
Crude, vulgar, or coarse
Raw language.
Ripe
(archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge said of sores, tumors, etc.
Raw
Nude; naked
Was standing there raw.
Ripe
Ready for action or effect; prepared.
Raw
Engaged in without the protection of a condom.
Ripe
Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
Raw
Done in a rough or unrestrained manner. Used of sex.
Ripe
(obsolete) Intoxicated.
Raw
(Slang) Without a condom; unprotected.
Ripe
(law) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
Raw
(cooking) of food Not cooked.
There's nothing but raw eggs for breakfast.
Ripe
Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
Raw
Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed.
Raw cane sugar
Raw sewage
Ripe
(agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
Raw
Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated.
A raw wound
Ripe
The bank of a river.
Raw
New or inexperienced.
A raw beginner
Ripe
To ripen or mature
Raw
Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated.
A raw voice
Ripe
To search; to rummage.
Raw
Uncorrected, without analysis.
Ripe
The bank of a river.
Raw
Unpleasantly cold or damp.
A raw wind
Ripe
Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; - said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou dropInto thy mother's lap.
Raw
Unmasked, undisguised, strongly expressed.
Raw emotion
Ripe
Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
Raw
Candid in a representation of unpleasant facts, conditions, etc.
A raw description of the American political arena
Ripe
Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one.
Raw
Unrefined, crude, or insensitive, especially with reference to sexual matters.
Ripe
Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; - said of sores, tumors, etc.
Raw
(obsolete) Not covered; bare; bald.
Ripe
Ready for action or effect; prepared.
While things were just ripe for a war.
I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies.
Raw
(slang) Without a condom.
We did it raw.
Ripe
Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
Those happy smilets,That played on her ripe lip.
Raw
An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.
Ripe
Intoxicated.
Raw
A galled place; an inveterate sore.
Ripe
To ripen; to grow ripe.
Raw
A point about which a person is particularly sensitive.
Ripe
To mature; to ripen.
Raw
A recording or rip of a show that has not been fansubbed.
Ripe
Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used;
Ripe peaches
Full-bodies mature wines
Raw
A scan that has not been cleaned purged of blemishes arising from the scanning process and has not been scanlated.
Ripe
Fully prepared or eager;
The colonists were ripe for revolution
Raw
(slang) To anally or vaginally penetrate without a condom.
Ripe
Most suitable or right for a particular purpose;
A good time to plant tomatoes
The right time to act
The time is ripe for great sociological changes
Raw
Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna;
Ripe
At the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge;
A ripe mind
Raw
Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit.
Approved himself to the raw judgment of the multitude.
Ripe
Far along in time;
A man of advanced age
Advanced in years
A ripe old age
The ripe age of 90
Raw
Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought.
Raw
Not covered; bare.
And all his sinews waxen weak and rawThrough long imprisonment.
Raw
Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind.
Raw
A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw.
Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is a raw.
Raw
Informal terms for nakedness;
In the raw
In the altogether
In his birthday suit
Raw
(used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition;
Natural yogurt
Natural produce
Raw wool
Raw sugar
Bales of rude cotton
Raw
Having the surface exposed and painful;
A raw wound
Raw
Not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
Raw
Not processed or refined;
Raw sewage
Raw
Devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure;
Naked ambition
Raw fury
You may kill someone someday with your raw power
Raw
Brutally unfair or harsh;
Received raw treatment from his friends
A raw deal
Raw
Not processed or subjected to analysis;
Raw data
The raw cost of production
Only the crude vital statistics
Raw
Untempered and unrefined;
Raw talent
Raw beauty
Raw
Unpleasantly cold and damp;
Bleak winds of the North Atlantic
Raw
Inflamed and painful;
His throat was raw
Had a sore throat
Raw
Used of wood and furniture;
Raw wood
Raw
Lacking training or experience;
The new men were eager to fight
Raw recruits
He was still wet behind the ears when he shipped as a hand on a merchant vessel
Raw
(used informally) completely unclothed