rip vs roll

rip and roll both are nouns.

rip and roll both are verbs.

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

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

rip: take without the owner's consent
roll: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

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, loot, plunder, burglarise, burglarize, burgle, heist.

rip (noun)	roll (noun)
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something	a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current	the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart	the act of throwing dice
a dissolute man in fashionable society	walking with a swaying gait
	anything rolled up in cylindrical form
	photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
	a list of names
	a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
	a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
	a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
	rotary motion of an object around its own axis
	the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
	small rounded bread either plain or sweet
	a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
	a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

rip (verb)	roll (verb)
criticize or abuse strongly and violently	execute a roll, in tumbling
tear or be torn violently	take the shape of a roll or cylinder
cut (wood) along the grain	show certain properties when being rolled
move precipitously or violently	boil vigorously
take without the owner's consent	shape by rolling
	pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
	arrange or coil around
	begin operating or running
	flatten or spread with a roller
	move by turning over or rotating
	move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
	move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
	move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
	cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
	move, rock, or sway from side to side
	emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
	sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
	occur in soft rounded shapes

Difference between rip and roll

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