Riff vs. Rift

Riffnoun

The belly; the bowels.

Riffnoun

A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.

Riffnoun

A clever or witty remark.

Riffnoun

A variation on something.

Riffnoun

A spoof.

Riffverb

To improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use of traditional themes.

Riffverb

To riffle.

Riffnoun

a Berber living in northern Morocco

Riffnoun

a jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation

Riffverb

look through a book or other written material;

Riffverb

play riffs

Riffnoun

a short repeated phrase in popular music and jazz, typically used as an introduction or refrain in a song

Riffnoun

a monologue or spoken improvisation, especially a humorous one, on a particular subject

Riffverb

play riffs

Riffverb

perform a monologue or spoken improvisation on a particular subject

Riftnoun

A chasm or fissure.

Riftnoun

A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.

Riftnoun

A shallow place in a stream; a ford.

Riftverb

(intransitive) To form a rift; to split open.

Riftverb

(transitive) To cleave; to rive; to split.

Riftverb

To belch.

Rift

p. p. of Rive.

Riftnoun

An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.

Riftnoun

A shallow place in a stream; a ford.

Riftverb

To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds.

Riftverb

To burst open; to split.

Riftverb

To belch.

Riftnoun

a gap between cloud masses;

Riftnoun

a narrow fissure in rock

Riftnoun

a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions);

Riftnoun

a crack, split, or break in something

Riftnoun

a major fault separating blocks of the earth's surface; a rift valley.

Riftnoun

a serious break in friendly relations

Riftverb

form fissures or breaks, especially through large-scale faulting; move apart

Riftverb

tear or force (something) apart

Rift

In geology, a rift is a linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart and is an example of extensional tectonics.Typical rift features are a central linear downfaulted depression, called a graben, or more commonly a half-graben with normal faulting and rift-flank uplifts mainly on one side. Where rifts remain above sea level they form a rift valley, which may be filled by water forming a rift lake.