Rip vs. Tear

A stretch of water in a river, estuary, or tidal channel made rough by waves meeting an opposing current.

To pull apart or into pieces by force; rend.

A rip current.

To cause to be pulled apart unintentionally, as by accident

A dissolute person.

To lacerate (the skin, for example).

An old or worthless horse.

To make (an opening) in something by pulling it apart or by accident

A tear (in paper, etc.).

To separate forcefully; wrench

A type of strong, rough tide or current.

To divide or disrupt

(Australia, New Zealand) A rip current: a strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.

To become torn

(slang) A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.

To move with heedless speed; rush headlong

(slang) A hit (dose) of marijuana.

To become filled with tears

A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.

The act of tearing.

(slang) Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.

The result of tearing; a rip or rent

Data or audio copied from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.

A great rush; a hurry.

Something ripped off or stolen; a work resulting from plagiarism.

(Slang) A carousal; a spree.

A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played.

A drop of the clear salty liquid that is secreted by the lachrymal gland of the eye to lubricate the surface between the eyeball and eyelid and to wash away irritants.

Ellipsis of ripsaw.

Tears A profusion of this liquid spilling from the eyes and wetting the cheeks, especially as an expression of emotion.

A joyride.

Tears The act of weeping

A wicker basket for fish.

A drop of a liquid or hardened fluid.

A worthless horse; a nag.

(transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.

An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel.

(transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.

(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.

(transitive) To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.

(intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.

(transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.

(transitive) To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.

To remove by tearing.

To move quickly and destructively.

To demolish

(woodworking) To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.

(intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.

To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc.

(intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.

To take a "hit" of marijuana.

(intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.

(slang) To fart.

(intransitive) To produce tears.

To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into)

A hole or break caused by tearing.

To steal; to rip off.

(slang) A rampage.

To move or act fast; to rush headlong.

A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.

(archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.

Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.

To surf extremely well.

(glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.

A wicker fish basket.

That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.

A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.

A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids.

A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.

Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.

A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.

That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.

To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; - commonly used with up, open, off.

A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.

To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.

The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.

To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; - usually with up.

To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.

To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.

Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.

A dissolute man in fashionable society

To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home.

An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;

To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.

A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

To move violently; to agitate.

The act of rending or ripping or splitting something;

To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.

Tear or be torn violently;

To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.

Move precipitously or violently;

A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands;

Cut (wood) along the grain

An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;

Criticize or abuse strongly and violently;

An occasion for excessive eating or drinking;

The act of tearing;

Separate or cause to separate abruptly;

To separate or be separated by force;

Move quickly and violently;

Strip of feathers;

Fill with tears or shed tears;