different between rearing vs reaving

rearing

English

Etymology

From Middle English rerynge (raising).

Verb

rearing

  1. present participle of rear

Noun

rearing (plural rearings)

  1. Act of raising young.
    We studied blowfly rearings in various environmental conditions.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Garnier, Granier, angrier, earring, grainer, rangier

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reaving

English

Alternative forms

  • rieving (archaic)

Verb

reaving

  1. present participle of reave

Noun

reaving (plural reavings)

  1. An act of pillage or plunder.
    • 1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 3, page 426)
      It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself.

Anagrams

  • Ginevra, Ingrave, avering, ingrave, vaginer, vinegar

Middle English

Noun

reaving

  1. Alternative form of revyng

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