different between breaking vs ripping

breaking

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?b?e?k??/
  • Homophone: braking
  • Rhymes: -e?k??

Verb

breaking

  1. present participle of break

Derived terms

  • late-breaking
  • record-breaking

Noun

breaking (countable and uncountable, plural breakings)

  1. The act by which something is broken.
  2. (linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong
  3. (music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones
  4. breakdancing

Translations

Anagrams

  • rebaking

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ripping

English

Pronunciation

Verb

ripping

  1. present participle of rip

Adjective

ripping

  1. That rips, or can be removed by ripping.
  2. (dated, slang) Excellent.
    • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 35:
      And ‘blubbing’... Blubbing went out with ‘decent’ and ‘ripping’. Mind you, not a bad new language to start up. Nineteen-twenties schoolboy slang could be due for a revival.

Noun

ripping (countable and uncountable, plural rippings)

  1. The process of copying audio or video content from a CD, DVD, etc. to a hard disk.
  2. (woodworking) Wood that has been ripped (cut parallel to the grain).
  3. (Australia) The process of ploughing a rabbit warren with deep furrows as a form of feral control.
  4. (bodybuilding) The use of diet and exercise to reduce body fat and emphasize muscle mass.

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