Rive vs Writhe - What's the difference?
rive | writhe |
To tear apart by force; to split; to cleave.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To pierce or cleave with a weapon.
* :
(label) To break apart; to split.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queen) , II.vi:
* (1665-1728)
In woodworking, to use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).
To twist, to wring (something).
To contort (a part of the body).
*, II.17:
*:Cicero (as I remember) had gotten a custome to wryth his nose, which signifieth a naturall scoffer.
To twist or contort the body; to be distorted.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 1, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title= (knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot
As verbs the difference between rive and writhe
is that rive is while writhe is to twist, to wring (something).As a noun writhe is
(knot theory) the number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot.rive
English
Verb
- I have seen tempests, when the scolding winds / Have rived the knotty oaks
- And therwith she toke the swerd from her loue that lay ded and fylle to the ground in a swowne / And whan she aroos she made grete dole out of mesure / the whiche sorowe greued Balyn passyngly sore / and he wente vnto her for to haue taken the swerd oute of her h?d butsodenly she sette the pomell to the ground / and rofe her self thorow the body
- The varlet at his plaint was grieu'd so sore, / That his deepe wounded hart in two did riue .
- Freestone rives , splits, and breaks in any direction.
Synonyms
* (to rend asunder) cleave, rend, splitSee also
* rip * ribSynonyms
* (a place torn) rent, rift ----writhe
English
Verb
Everton 0-2 Liverpool, passage=The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card.}} (Webster 1913)