Rifled vs Trifled - What's the difference?
rifled | trifled |
(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)
(trifle)
An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.
An insignificant amount.
* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=17 Anything that is of little importance or worth.
* Shakespeare
* Drayton
A particular kind of pewter.
(uncountable) Utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.
To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.
To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.
To inconsequentially toy with something.
To squander or waste.
As verbs the difference between rifled and trifled
is that rifled is (rifle) while trifled is (trifle).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
English
Adjective
(-)Antonyms
* smoothbore * unrifledVerb
(head)trifled
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*trifle
English
Noun
citation, passage=Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy. Strictly speaking, he ought to have been following up the picket–boat, but he was satisfied that the circumstances were sufficiently urgent for him to take risks.}}
- Trifles light as air / Are to the jealous confirmation strong / As proofs of holy writ.
- with such poor trifles playing
