Iff vs Riff - What's the difference?
iff | riff |
(mathematics, logic) if and only if; used to show that the truth values of two statements are the same.
A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.
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A clever or witty remark.
A variation on something.
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A spoof
* 26 June 2014 , A.A Dowd, AV Club Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler spoof rom-com clichés in They Came Together [http://www.avclub.com/review/paul-rudd-and-amy-poehler-spoof-rom-com-cliches-th-206220]
To improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use of traditional themes.
As an abbreviation iff
is if and only if; used to show that the truth values of two statements are the same.As an initialism IFF
is interchange File Format, a file format standard developed for Amiga computers.As a noun riff is
a repeated instrumental melody line in a song.As a verb riff is
to improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use of traditional themes.iff
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* formal logicriff
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London Skyline: Tower Power
- Both the Orbit and the Pinnacle are riffs on an idea sketched out in 1917 by Vladimir Tatlin for a monument to international communism.
- The creative team has experience with spoofing: Both Rudd and Poehler had parts in Wain’s Wet Hot American Summer, a hysterically irreverent riff on ’80s summer-camp comedies.