The difference between Attack and Raid
When used as nouns, attack means an attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy, whereas raid means a quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
When used as verbs, attack means to apply violent force to someone or something, whereas raid means to engage in a raid.
check bellow for the other definitions of Attack and Raid
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Attack as a noun:
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
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Attack as a noun:
An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
Examples:
"They claimed the censorship of the article was an attack on free speech."
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Attack as a noun:
A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
Examples:
"The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations."
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Attack as a noun (informal, by extension):
The beginning of active operations on anything.
Examples:
"Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry."
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Attack as a noun (cricket):
Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
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Attack as a noun (volleyball):
Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
Examples:
"synonyms: hit spike"
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Attack as a noun (lacrosse):
The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
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Attack as a noun (medicine):
The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
Examples:
"I've had an attack of the flu."
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Attack as a noun:
An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
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Attack as a noun (music):
The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
Examples:
"ant decay release"
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Attack as a noun (audio):
The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
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Attack as a verb (transitive):
To apply violent force to someone or something.
Examples:
"This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened."
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Attack as a verb (transitive):
To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
Examples:
"She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts."
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Attack as a verb (transitive):
To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
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Attack as a verb (transitive):
To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
Examples:
"We’ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework."
"I attacked the meal with a hearty appetite."
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Attack as a verb (transitive, cricket):
To aim balls at the batsman's wicket.
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Attack as a verb (intransitive, cricket):
To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
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Attack as a verb (intransitive, cricket):
To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
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Attack as a verb (soccer):
To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
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Attack as a verb (cycling):
To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
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Raid as a noun (military):
A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
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Raid as a noun:
An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering
Examples:
"a police raid of a narcotics factory"
"a raid of contractors on the public treasury"
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Raid as a noun (sports):
An attacking movement.
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Raid as a noun (Internet):
An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.
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Raid as a noun (online gaming):
A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
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Raid as a verb:
To engage in a raid.
Examples:
"The police raided the gambling den."
"The soldiers raided the village and burned it down."
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Raid as a verb:
To lure from another; to entice away from
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Raid as a verb (archaic):
To indulge oneself by taking from