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rip vs pilfer

pilfer vs rip

rip is a noun but pilfer is not a noun.

rip and pilfer both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
rip Yes No Yes No
pilfer No No Yes No
As verbs, pilfer is a hyponym of rip; that is, pilfer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rip:
  • rip: take without the owner's consent
  • pilfer: make off with belongings of others
Other hyponyms of rip include abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, 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, loot, plunder, burglarise, burglarize, burgle, heist.
rip (noun) pilfer (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) pilfer (verb)
criticize or abuse strongly and violently make off with belongings of others
tear or be torn violently
cut (wood) along the grain
move precipitously or violently
take without the owner's consent
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