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Dime vs Rime - What's the difference?

dime | rime |

As nouns the difference between dime and rime

is that dime is tithe while rime is .

dime

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar. The physical coin is smaller than a penny.
  • (Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
  • (US, basketball) An assist
  • (slang) A playing card with the rank of ten
  • (slang) Ten dollars
  • (slang) A thousand dollars
  • (slang) A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.
  • (slang) Payment responsibility
    • Are you traveling on the company's dime ?
  • (slang) A beautiful woman (10 from the 10-point scale)
    • She's a dime piece.
    Synonyms
    * (coin) ten cent piece (Used in other countries with dollars and cents currencies) * (thousand dollars) grand
    Derived terms
    * a dime's worth * dime bag * dime store * drop a dime * not worth a dime * stop on a dime * turn on a dime * * nickel and dime * dime a dozen * not worth a dime * *
    See also
    * buck * dollar * mill * nickel * quarter
    References
    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

    Etymology 2

    From the use of the coin in a payphone to report a crime to the police. US payphones charged 10ยข in almost all jurisdictions until the late 1970s.

    Verb

    (dim)
  • To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
    • Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana.
    Synonyms
    * (inform on) drop a dime on,

    Anagrams

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    rime

    English

    (wikipedia rime)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) rim, from Old English .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (meteorology, uncountable) ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog onto a cold surface.
  • * De Quincey
    • The trees were now covered with rime .
  • (meteorology, uncountable) a coating or sheet of ice so formed.
  • (uncountable) a film or slimy coating.
    • Synonyms
    * (a deposition of ice) hoarfrost, frost
    Derived terms
    * rimy

    Verb

    (rim)
  • To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) rime, from (etyl) . Influenced in meaning by (etyl) rime from the same Germanic source.

    Alternative forms

    * rhyme

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) Number.
  • rhyme
    • (Coleridge)
    (Landor)
  • (linguistics) the second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset
    • Usage notes
    In reading education, "rime" refers to the vowel and the letters that come after the vowels in a syllable. For example, sit, spit, and split all have the same rime (-it). Words that rhyme often share the same rime, such as rock and sock (-ock). However, words that rhyme do not always share the same rime, such as claim and fame (-aim and -ame). Additionally, words that share the same rime do not always rhyme, such as tough and though (-ough). Rhyme and rime are not interchangeable, although they often overlap.

    Verb

    (rim)

    • Etymology 3

    Uncertain.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A step of a ladder; a rung.

    • Etymology 4

    (etyl) (lena) rima.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)
    External links
    * SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms

    Anagrams

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