rip vs defalcate

defalcate vs rip

rip is a noun but defalcate is not a noun.

rip and defalcate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rip	Yes	No	Yes	No
defalcate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, defalcate is a hyponym of rip; that is, defalcate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rip:

rip: take without the owner's consent
defalcate: appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use

Other hyponyms of rip include abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe, lift, rustle, shoplift, pirate, lift, plagiarise, plagiarize, bag, pocket, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate, rob, cop, glom, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve, walk off, hustle, pluck, roll, loot, plunder, burglarise, burglarize, burgle, heist.

rip (noun)	defalcate (noun)
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
a dissolute man in fashionable society

rip (verb)	defalcate (verb)
criticize or abuse strongly and violently	appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
tear or be torn violently
cut (wood) along the grain
move precipitously or violently
take without the owner's consent

Difference between rip and defalcate

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