Rifled vs Riled - What's the difference?
rifled | riled |
(firearms) Having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
(rifle)
(rile)
to make angry
*{{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 20
, author=Michael da Silva
, title=Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv
, work=BBC Sport
to stir or move from a state of calm or order
As verbs the difference between rifled and riled
is that rifled is (rifle) while riled is (rile).As an adjective rifled
is (firearms) having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.rifled
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(-)Antonyms
* smoothbore * unrifledVerb
(head)riled
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(head)Anagrams
*rile
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Verb
(ril)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.}}
- 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.