rip vs plunder

rip and plunder both are nouns.

rip and plunder both are verbs.

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

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

rip: take without the owner's consent
plunder: 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, loot, burglarise, burglarize, burgle, heist.

rip (noun)	plunder (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
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
a dissolute man in fashionable society

rip (verb)	plunder (verb)
criticize or abuse strongly and violently	destroy and strip of its possession
tear or be torn violently	steal goods; take as spoils
cut (wood) along the grain	plunder (a town) after capture
move precipitously or violently	take illegally; of intellectual property
take without the owner's consent

Difference between rip and plunder

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