rip vs pirate

rip and pirate both are nouns.

rip and pirate both are verbs.

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

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

rip: take without the owner's consent
pirate: copy illegally; of published material

Other hyponyms of rip include abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe, lift, rustle, shoplift, 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)	pirate (noun)
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something	a ship that is manned by pirates
a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current	someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart	someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
a dissolute man in fashionable society

rip (verb)	pirate (verb)
criticize or abuse strongly and violently	take arbitrarily or by force
tear or be torn violently	copy illegally; of published material
cut (wood) along the grain
move precipitously or violently
take without the owner's consent

Difference between rip and pirate

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