rave vs roar

rave

verb
  • To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging. 

  • To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; followed by about, of, or (formerly) on. 

  • To speak or write wildly or incoherently. 

  • To attend a rave (dance party). 

noun
  • An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use. 

  • The genres of electronic dance music usually associated with rave parties. 

  • An enthusiastic review (such as of a play). 

  • One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh. 

roar

verb
  • To be boisterous; to be disorderly. 

  • Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise. 

  • To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease. 

  • To proceed vigorously. 

  • Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise. 

  • To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly. 

  • To laugh in a particularly loud manner. 

  • To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion. 

  • to cry 

noun
  • A loud resounding noise. 

  • A show of strength or character. 

  • The deep cry of the bull. 

  • A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open. 

  • The cry of the lion. 

How often have the words rave and roar occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )