Rave vs. Raven — What's the Difference?

A rave (from the verb: to rave) describes a dance party at a warehouse, public or private property, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music. The style is most associated with the early 90s dance music scene when DJs played at illegal events in musical styles dominated by electronic dance music from a wide range of sub-genres, including techno, hardcore, house, dubstep, and alternative dance.

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.

To speak wildly, irrationally, or incoherently.

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

To move with great violence or intensity

(especially of hair) of a glossy black colour

To speak or write with wild enthusiasm

(of a wild animal) hunt voraciously for prey

To attend a rave.

A large bird (Corvus corax) of the Northern Hemisphere, having black plumage and a croaking cry.

To utter or express in a frenzied or unrestrained manner.

Any of several similar birds of the genus Corvus, found in Africa, Australia, and southwestern North America.

The act or an instance of raving.

Variant of ravin.

(Informal) An extravagantly enthusiastic opinion or review

Voracity; rapaciousness.

An all-night dance party, especially one at which techno, house, or other electronically synthesized music is played.

Something taken as prey.

Chiefly British A raucous party; a rave-up.

The act or practice of preying.

Relating to or being an extravagantly enthusiastic opinion or review.

Black and shiny

An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).

To consume greedily; devour.

An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use.

To seek or seize as prey or plunder.

The genres of electronic dance music usually associated with rave parties.

To seek or seize prey or plunder.

One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.

To eat ravenously.

To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.

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

To speak or write wildly or incoherently.

A jet-black colour.

To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; followed by about, of, or (formerly) on.

Rapine; rapacity.

(obsolete) To rush wildly or furiously.

Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

To attend a rave (dance party).

Of the color of the raven; jet-black

One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.

To obtain or seize by violence.

An instance of raving.

(transitive) To devour with great eagerness.

A highly flattering or enthusiastic review of a play, book, etc.

(transitive) To prey on with rapacity.

A clamorous dance party, especially one featuring a band or disc jockey playing loud modern rock music oriented toward young people, held in a large room such as a warehouse, often organized by an informal or ad hoc sponsor.

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

To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman.

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.

To rush wildly or furiously.

Rapine; rapacity.

To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; - followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty.

Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense.

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

A dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played;

To obtain or seize by violence.

An extravagantly enthusiastic review;

To devour with great eagerness.

Participate in an all-night techno dance party

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

Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

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

Praise enthusiastically;

Obtain or seize by violence

Prey on or hunt for;

Eat greedily;

Feed greedily;