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Rice vs Rile - What's the difference?

rice | rile |

As verbs the difference between rice and rile

is that rice is while rile is to make angry.

rice

English

(wikipedia rice)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
  • A specific variety of this plant.
  • (uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.

    • Verb

  • To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces.
  • To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
  • To belittle a government emissary or similar on behalf of a more powerful militaristic state.
  • To harvest wild rice Zinzania sp.

    • Derived terms

    * arborio rice * brown rice * golden rice * Indian rice * jollof rice * mealie rice * Patna rice * brewer's rice * broken rice * rice bowl * iron rice bowl * rice grass * rice leafhopper * rice paper * rice pudding * rice rat * rice weevil * ricebird * rice-paper plant * ricer * Spanish rice * sticky rice * white rice * wild rice

    Related terms

    * Menominee * rijsttafel * risotto

    See also

    * basmati * bhelpuri * California roll * dosa * gumbo * idli * idli * jambalaya * khir * mirin * mochi * nasi goreng * onigiri * pad thai * paella * pilaf, pilau * rangoli * risotto * sake * samshu * sushi

    Anagrams

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    References

    1000 English basic words ----

    rile

    English

    Verb

    (ril)
  • to make angry
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 20 , author=Michael da Silva , title=Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Riled by a decision that went against him, Ziv kicked his displaced boot at the assistant referee and, after a short consultation between the officials, he was given his marching orders and the loudest cheer of the night.}}
  • to stir or move from a state of calm or order
    • Money'' ''problems'' rile ''the underpaid worker every day .
    Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really rile me.
    It riles me that she never closes the door after she leaves.

    Synonyms

    * aggravate * anger * annoy * irritate * vex

    Derived terms

    * to get riled up - to become angry

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