RANT or RAVE ?

[Briab Guy]

RANT P Pronunciation Key (rnt)
v. rant·ed, rant·ing, rants
v. intr.
To speak or write in a angry or violent manner; rave.

v. tr.
To utter or express with violence or extravagance: a dictator who ranted his vitriol onto a captive audience.

n.
Violent or extravagant speech or writing.
A speech or piece of writing that incites anger or violence: “The vast majority [of teenagers logged onto the Internet] did not encounter recipes for pipe bombs or deranged rants about white supremacy” (Daniel Okrent).
Chiefly British. Wild or uproarious merriment.

[Probably from obsolete Dutch ranten.]



entries found for RAVE.
rave P Pronunciation Key (rv)
v. raved, rav·ing, raves
v. intr.
To speak wildly, irrationally, or incoherently.
To roar; rage: The storm raved along the coast.
To speak or write with wild enthusiasm: Critics raved about the new play.
To attend a rave.

v. tr.
To utter or express in a frenzied manner.

n.
The act or an instance of raving.
Informal. An extravagantly enthusiastic opinion or review: The play received raves.
An all-night dance party, especially one where techno, house, or other electronically synthesized music is played.
Chiefly British. A raucous party; a rave-up.

adj. Informal
Relating to or being an extravagantly enthusiastic opinion or review.

You guy's may want to take out the terms rant and rave from the discription of general discussion, or not get upset when someone does so.

[glc]

We don't get upset when people rant and/or rave within the constraints of the forum rules.

[Panama Red]

Yup, just like grandpa used to say, never start a debate about politics or religion. No one will win. (and around here, it won't even be tolerated!)

[M. A. Dockter]

I'm not even going to tolerate this. Whatever your problem is, you need to get over it or seek professional help in doing so.