rip vs loot

rip and loot both are nouns.

rip and loot both are verbs.

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

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

rip: take without the owner's consent
loot: take illegally; of intellectual property

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, defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate, rob, cop, glom, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve, walk off, hustle, pluck, roll, plunder, burglarise, burglarize, burgle, heist.

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

rip (verb)	loot (verb)
criticize or abuse strongly and violently	steal goods; take as spoils
tear or be torn violently	take illegally; of intellectual property
cut (wood) along the grain
move precipitously or violently
take without the owner's consent

Difference between rip and loot

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