Rime vs Grime - What's the difference?
rime | grime |
(meteorology, uncountable) ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog onto a cold surface.
* De Quincey
(meteorology, uncountable) a coating or sheet of ice so formed.
(uncountable) a film or slimy coating.
To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.
(obsolete, or, dialectal) Number.
rhyme
(linguistics) the second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset
Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=14 (music) A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.
To begrime; to cake with dirt
* {{quote-book, year=1862, author=Edwin Waugh, title=Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine, chapter=, edition=
, passage=All grimed with coaldust, they swing along the street with their dinner baskets and cans in their hands, chattering merrily.}}
* {{quote-book, year=1920, author=Harold Bindloss, title=Lister's Great Adventure, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Fog from the river rolled up the street and the windows were grimed by soot, but Cartwright had not turned on the electric light.}}
* {{quote-book, year=1918, author=Harold Bindloss, title=The Buccaneer Farmer, chapter=, edition=
, passage=His skin was grimed with dust, for he had ridden hard in scorching heat, and was anxious and impatient to get on.}}
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As nouns the difference between rime and grime
is that rime is while grime is crumb, bit.rime
English
(wikipedia rime)Etymology 1
From (etyl) rim, from Old English .Noun
(-)- The trees were now covered with rime .
Synonyms
* (a deposition of ice) hoarfrost, frostDerived terms
* rimyVerb
(rim)Etymology 2
(etyl) rime, from (etyl) . Influenced in meaning by (etyl) rime from the same Germanic source.Alternative forms
* rhymeNoun
(en noun)- (Coleridge)
- (Landor)
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.Etymology 4
(etyl) (lena) rima.External links
*SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms
Anagrams
* ----grime
English
(wikipedia grime)Noun
(-)citation, passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime .}}
Verb
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