snipe vs rip

snipe and rip both are nouns.

snipe and rip both are verbs.

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

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

snipe: attack in speech or writing
rip: criticize or abuse strongly and violently

Other hyponyms of snipe include abuse, blackguard, clapperclaw, shout, claw, vitriol, whang, barrage, bombard, blister, scald, scorch, whip, rubbish.

snipe (noun)	rip (noun)
a gunshot from a concealed location	the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks	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

snipe (verb)	rip (verb)
attack in speech or writing	criticize or abuse strongly and violently
aim and shoot with great precision	tear or be torn violently
hunt or shoot snipe	cut (wood) along the grain
	move precipitously or violently
	take without the owner's consent

Difference between snipe and rip

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