Rip vs. Tear
Ripnoun
A tear (in paper, etc.).
Ripnoun
A type of tide or current.
Ripnoun
(Australia) A strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
Ripnoun
(slang) A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
Ripnoun
(slang) A hit (dose) of marijuana.
Ripnoun
A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.
Ripnoun
(slang) Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.
Ripnoun
A wicker basket for fish.
Ripnoun
A worthless horse; a nag.
Ripnoun
An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel.
Ripverb
(transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
Ripverb
(intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
Ripverb
(transitive) To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
Ripverb
To move quickly and destructively.
Ripverb
(woodworking) To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain. Contrast crosscut.
Ripverb
To copy data from CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
Ripverb
To take a "hit" of marijuana.
Ripverb
(slang) To fart.
Ripverb
To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on)
Ripverb
To steal; to rip off.
Ripverb
To move or act fast, to rush headlong.
Ripverb
(archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.
Ripverb
To surf extremely well.
Ripnoun
A wicker fish basket.
Ripnoun
A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.
Ripnoun
A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.
Ripnoun
A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.
Ripverb
To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; - commonly used with up, open, off.
Ripverb
To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.
Ripverb
To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; - usually with up.
Ripverb
To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
Ripnoun
a dissolute man in fashionable society
Ripnoun
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;
Ripnoun
a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
Ripnoun
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something;
Ripverb
tear or be torn violently;
Ripverb
move precipitously or violently;
Ripverb
cut (wood) along the grain
Ripverb
criticize or abuse strongly and violently;
Tearverb
(transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
Tearverb
(transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.
Tearverb
(transitive) To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
Tearverb
(transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.
Tearverb
To remove by tearing.
Tearverb
To demolish
Tearverb
(intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.
Tearverb
(intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
Tearverb
(intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.
Tearverb
(intransitive) To produce tears.
Tearnoun
A hole or break caused by tearing.
Tearnoun
(slang) A rampage.
Tearnoun
A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
Tearnoun
Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
Tearnoun
(glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
Tearnoun
That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
Tearnoun
A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids.
Tearnoun
Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
Tearnoun
That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
Tearnoun
A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
Tearnoun
The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.
Tearverb
To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.
Tearverb
Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.
Tearverb
To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home.
Tearverb
To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
Tearverb
To move violently; to agitate.
Tearverb
To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.
Tearverb
To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.
Tearnoun
a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands;
Tearnoun
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;
Tearnoun
an occasion for excessive eating or drinking;
Tearnoun
the act of tearing;
Tearverb
separate or cause to separate abruptly;
Tearverb
to separate or be separated by force;
Tearverb
move quickly and violently;
Tearverb
strip of feathers;
Tearverb
fill with tears or shed tears;
