different between devastator vs ravager

English

Noun

devastator (plural devastators)

1. one who devastates.

Translations

Synonyms

• See destroyer

Latin

Verb

d?v?st?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of d?v?st?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of d?v?st?

References

• devastator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• devastator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• devastator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French dévastateur, from Latin devastator.

Adjective

devastator m or n (feminine singular devastatoare, masculine plural devastatori, feminine and neuter plural devastatoare)

1. devastating

Declension

English

Etymology

ravage +? -er

Noun

ravager (plural ravagers)

1. One who ravages.

Translations

Anagrams

• Vergara

French

Etymology

From noun use of earlier ravage (“act of laying waste”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.va.?e/

Verb

ravager

1. to ravage, to ruin

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written ravage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Related terms

• ravage
• ravageur

Further reading

• “ravager” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• gravera