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Ripped vs Dipped - What's the difference?

ripped | dipped |

As verbs the difference between ripped and dipped

is that ripped is (rip) while dipped is (dip).

As adjectives the difference between ripped and dipped

is that ripped is torn, either partly or into separate pieces while dipped is that has been briefly immersed in a liquid.

ripped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (rip)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Torn, either partly or into separate pieces.
  • Pulled away from forcefully.
  • In data storage, transferred to a hard disk from another portable media form.
  • Copied or stolen usually from an identified source.
  • (bodybuilding) Having extremely low bodyfat content so that the shape of the underlying muscles become pronounced. Said especially of well-defined abdominal muscles.
  • * 1988', Steve Holman, "Christian Conquers Columbus", '''' ' 47 (6): 28-34.
  • With the average male competitor weighing around 220, the total poundage of raw, ripped mass in the preliminary lineup is over 3,700 pounds.
  • * 2010', Bill Geiger, "6-pack Abs in 9 Weeks", ''Reps!'' ' 17 :106
  • That's the premise of the overload principle, and it must be applied, even to ab training, if you're going to develop a cut, ripped midsection.
  • (slang) Drunk, inebriated.
  • Synonyms

    * (torn) torn * (having low bodyfat) chiseled, cut, shredded * (drunk) See

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    dipped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dip)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That has been briefly immersed in a liquid.
  • Of headlights: lowered.
  • (archaic, colloquial) Caught up in debt; mortgaged.
  • *1705 , (Bernard Mandeville), The Fable of the Bees :
  • *:The Lawyers [...] Opposed all Registers, that Cheats / Might make more Work with dipt Estates [...].