opening vs rift

rift vs opening

opening and rift both are nouns.

opening is an adjective but rift is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
opening	Yes	Yes	No	No
rift	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, rift is a hyponym of opening; that is, rift is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than opening:

opening: an open or empty space in or between things
rift: a gap between cloud masses

Other hyponyms of opening include pocket, diastema, nodes of Ranvier, Ranvier's nodes, foramen, hiatus, breach, chasm, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure, hole, mouth, rent, rip, snag, split, tear, window.

opening (noun)	rift (noun)
a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess	a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
the act of opening something	a narrow fissure in rock
becoming open or being made open	a gap between cloud masses
the first of a series of actions
a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
a possible alternative
the initial part of the introduction
the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
an open or empty space in or between things
opportunity especially for employment or promotion

opening (adjective)	rift (adjective)
first or beginning

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