Today’s meanings are not words that sound alike (well, except for starting with rav!) but can be easily confused…<\/p>\n
Ravaging:<\/span> causing destruction, destroying something Ravishing:<\/span> taking by force; raping. It is more commonly used to mean ‘of great beauty and delight’ which derives from women of great beauty ‘raping’ men of their senses with their beauty! Ravenous: very hungry {as hungry as a beast came from the devouring aspect of ravish.} Today’s meanings are not words that sound alike (well, except for starting with rav!) but can be easily confused… Ravaging: causing destruction, destroying something The Vikings are known for ravaging many towns and villages. Ravishing: taking by force; raping. It is more commonly used to mean ‘of great beauty and delight’ which derives from women […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[272],"tags":[843,844,273,755,754,753,842,752,201],"class_list":["post-401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monday-meanings","tag-destruction","tag-hungry","tag-meanings","tag-monday","tag-ravaging","tag-ravenous","tag-ravish","tag-ravishing","tag-words"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nThe Vikings are known for ravaging many towns and villages.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nRavishing rich women was one of the old pirate’s delights.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThey were ravenous after their long hike.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"