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Tearing vs Ripping - What's the difference?

tearing | ripping |

As verbs the difference between tearing and ripping

is that tearing is present participle of lang=en while ripping is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between tearing and ripping

is that tearing is very hasty while ripping is that rips, or can be removed by ripping.

As nouns the difference between tearing and ripping

is that tearing is the act by which something is torn; a laceration while ripping is process of copying audio or video content to a hard disk.

tearing

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • very hasty
    • a tearing hurry

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
  • (computer graphics) Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames.
  • * 2003 , David P. Luebke, Level of detail for 3D graphics (page 303)
    • Even in this case, tearing still results if the swap occurs in the middle of a refresh cycle.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora

    • Anagrams

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    ripping

    English

    (wikipedia ripping)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • That rips, or can be removed by ripping.
  • (dated, slang) Excellent.

    • Noun

  • Process of copying audio or video content to a hard disk.
  • Wood that has been ripped (cut parallel to the grain).
  • (AU) Process of ploughing a rabbit warren with deep furrows as a form of feral control.