Rip vs. Strip
Difference Between Rip and Strip
Ripnoun
A tear (in paper, etc.).
Stripnoun
Long, thin piece of land, or of any material.
You use strips of paper in papier mache.He welded together some pieces of strip.Ripnoun
A type of tide or current.
Stripnoun
A comic strip.
Ripnoun
(Australia) A strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
Stripnoun
A landing strip.
Ripnoun
(slang) A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
Stripnoun
A strip steak.
Ripnoun
(slang) A hit (dose) of marijuana.
Stripnoun
A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
Ripnoun
A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.
Stripnoun
(fencing) The fencing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
Ripnoun
(slang) Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.
Stripnoun
(UK football) the uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
Ripnoun
A wicker basket for fish.
Stripnoun
Striptease.
Ripnoun
A worthless horse; a nag.
Stripnoun
(mining) A trough for washing ore.
Ripnoun
An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel.
Stripnoun
The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
Ripverb
(transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
to rip a garment; to rip up a floorStripverb
(transitive) To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
Norm will strip the old varnish before painting the chair.Ripverb
(intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
My shirt ripped when it was caught on a bramble.Stripverb
To take off clothing.
Ripverb
(transitive) To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
Stripverb
(intransitive) To perform a striptease.
Ripverb
To move quickly and destructively.
Stripverb
(transitive) To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
Ripverb
(woodworking) To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain. Contrast crosscut.
Stripverb
(transitive) To remove cargo from (a container).
Ripverb
To copy data from CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
Stripverb
(transitive) To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear.
The thread is stripped.The screw is stripped.Ripverb
To take a "hit" of marijuana.
Stripverb
(intransitive) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut.
Ripverb
(slang) To fart.
Stripverb
(transitive) To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color.
Ripverb
To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on)
Stripverb
To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also, strip-squeeze.)
Ripverb
To steal; to rip off.
Stripverb
(transitive) To empty (tubing) by applying pressure to the outside of (the tubing) and moving that pressure along (the tubing).
Ripverb
To move or act fast, to rush headlong.
Stripverb
(transitive) To milk a cow, especially by stroking and compressing the teats to draw out the last of the milk.
Ripverb
(archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.
Stripverb
To run a television series at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
Ripverb
To surf extremely well.
Stripverb
To pare off the surface of (land) in strips.
Ripnoun
a dissolute man in fashionable society
Stripverb
To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.
Ripnoun
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;
there was a rip in his pantsshe had snags in her stockingsStripverb
To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
Ripnoun
a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
Stripverb
To remove fibre, flock, or lint from; said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
Ripnoun
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something;
he gave the envelope a vigorous ripStripverb
To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands".
Ripverb
tear or be torn violently;
The curtain ripped from top to bottompull the cooked chicken into stripsStripverb
To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).
Ripverb
move precipitously or violently;
The tornado ripped along the coastStripadjective
Involving the removal of clothes.
Ripverb
cut (wood) along the grain
Stripnoun
a relatively long narrow piece of something;
he felt a flat strip of muscleRipverb
criticize or abuse strongly and violently;
The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilesslyStripnoun
artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
Stripnoun
an airfield without normal airport facilities
Stripnoun
a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
Stripnoun
thin piece of wood or metal
Stripnoun
a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music;
she did a strip right in front of everyoneStripverb
take away possessions from someone;
The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assetsStripverb
get undressed;
please don't undress in front of everybody!She strips in front of strangers every night for a livingStripverb
remove the surface from;
strip woodStripverb
remove substances from by a percolating liquid;
leach the soilStripverb
lay bare;
denude a forestStripverb
steal goods; take as spoils;
During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their ownersStripverb
remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely;
The boys cleaned the sandwich plattersThe trees were cleaned of apples by the stormStripverb
strip the cured leaves from;
strip tobaccoStripverb
remove the thread (of screws)
Stripverb
remove a constituent from a liquid
Stripverb
take off or remove;
strip a wall of its wallpaperStripverb
draw the last milk (of cows)
Stripverb
remove (someone's or one's own) clothes;
The nurse quickly undressed the accident victimShe divested herself of her outdoor clothesHe disinvested himself of his garments
