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Rifling vs Riffling - What's the difference?

rifling | riffling |

As nouns the difference between rifling and riffling

is that rifling is the act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel while riffling is sampling by use of a riffler.

As verbs the difference between rifling and riffling

is that rifling is present participle of lang=en while riffling is present participle of lang=en.

rifling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
  • The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.

    • Verb

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    riffling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • sampling by use of a riffler