rife vs dominant

rife is not a noun while dominant is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rife	No	Yes	No	No
dominant	Yes	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, rife and dominant are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of rife include predominant, prevailing, prevalent.

rife (noun)	dominant (noun)
	an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
	(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale

rife (adjective)	dominant (adjective)
excessively abundant	exercising influence or control
most frequent or common	(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
	most frequent or common