Rampart vs Riff - What's the difference?
rampart | riff |
A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.
A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
(usually, in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.
To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.
* Coleridge
A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.
* {{quote-news
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A clever or witty remark.
A variation on something.
*2012 , The Economist,
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 a noun rampart
is a defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.As a verb rampart
is to defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.As an acronym riff is
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(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Those grassy hills, those glittering dells, / Proudly ramparted with rocks.
Derived terms
* rampartedExternal links
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Noun
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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.