Blackbird vs. Raven

Blackbirdnoun

A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.

Ravennoun

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

Blackbirdnoun

A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).

Ravennoun

Rapine; rapacity.

Blackbirdnoun

A native of the South Pacific islands.

Ravennoun

Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

Blackbirdnoun

In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelæus phœniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.

Ravenadjective

Of the color of the raven; jet-black

‘raven curls’; ‘raven darkness’; ‘She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.’;

Blackbirdnoun

Among slavers and pirates, a negro or Polynesian.

Ravenverb

To obtain or seize by violence.

Blackbirdnoun

A native of any of the islands near Queensland; - called also Kanaka.

Ravenverb

(transitive) To devour with great eagerness.

Blackbirdverb

to engage in the slave trade.

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.’;

Blackbirdnoun

any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black

Ravenverb

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

Blackbirdnoun

common black European thrush

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.

‘Like rats that ravin down their proper bane.’;

Ravenverb

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

‘Benjamin shall raven as a wolf.’;

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;

‘These mammals predate certain eggs’;

Ravenverb

eat greedily;

‘he devoured three sandwiches’;

Ravenverb

feed greedily;

‘The lions ravened the bodies’;

Ravennoun

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

Ravenadjective

(especially of hair) of a glossy black colour

‘thick raven hair’;

Ravenverb

(of a wild animal) hunt voraciously for prey

‘fierce lions went ravening to and fro’;

Ravenverb

devour voraciously

‘clusters of grapes, the which they raven'd quick’;

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.