Craven vs. Raven

Cravenadjective

Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.

Cravennoun

A coward.

Cravenverb

To make craven.

Cravenadjective

Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless.

Cravennoun

A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See Recreant, n.

Cravenverb

To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly.

Cravennoun

an abject coward

Cravenadjective

lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful;

Cravenadjective

contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly

Cravennoun

a cowardly person.

Craven

Craven is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England centred on the market town of Skipton. In 1974, Craven district was formed as the merger of Skipton urban district, Settle Rural District and most of Skipton Rural District, all in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Ravennoun

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

Ravennoun

Rapine; rapacity.

Ravennoun

Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

Ravenadjective

Of the color of the raven; jet-black

Ravenverb

To obtain or seize by violence.

Ravenverb

(transitive) To devour with great eagerness.

Ravenverb

(transitive) To prey on with rapacity.

Ravenverb

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

Ravennoun

A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger, and has a harsh, loud call. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity.

Ravennoun

Rapine; rapacity.

Ravennoun

Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

Ravenadjective

Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.

Ravenverb

To obtain or seize by violence.

Ravenverb

To devour with great eagerness.

Ravenverb

To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.

Ravennoun

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

Ravenverb

obtain or seize by violence

Ravenverb

prey on or hunt for;

Ravenverb

eat greedily;

Ravenverb

feed greedily;

Ravennoun

a large heavily built crow with mainly black plumage, feeding chiefly on carrion.

Ravenadjective

(especially of hair) of a glossy black colour

Ravenverb

(of a wild animal) hunt voraciously for prey

Ravenverb

devour voraciously

Raven

A raven is a large bird from one of several species of the genus Corvus. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus.