As verbs the difference between shear and ripping
is that
shear is to cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears while
ripping is present participle of lang=en.
As nouns the difference between shear and ripping
is that
shear is a cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger while
ripping is process of copying audio or video content to a hard disk.
As adjectives the difference between shear and ripping
is that
shear is misspelling of lang=en while
ripping is that rips, or can be removed by ripping.