Rile vs Bile - What's the difference?
rile | bile |
to make angry
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to stir or move from a state of calm or order
(biochemistry) A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
Two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.
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As a verb rile
is to make angry.As an adverb bile is
even.rile
English
Verb
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- 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 * vexDerived terms
* to get riled up - to become angryAnagrams
* * *bile
English
(wikipedia bile)Etymology 1
Mid 16th century, via (etyl), from (etyl) .Noun
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