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Rile vs Rill - What's the difference?

rile | rill |

As verbs the difference between rile and rill

is that rile is to make angry while rill is to run a small stream.

As a noun rill is

a very small brook; a streamlet.

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

    Anagrams

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    rill

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia rill) (en noun)
  • A very small brook; a streamlet.
  • * 1797 , :
    • So twice five miles of fertile ground
    With walls and towers were girdled round:
    And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills ,
    Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
    And here were forests ancient as the hills,
    Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
  • (planetology)

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To run a small stream.
    • (Prior)