What's the difference between ranine and rapine?

Ranine


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the frogs and toads.
  • (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, pertaining to the region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein.

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Rapine


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder.
  • (n.) Ravishment; rape.
  • (v. t.) To plunder.

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