Torn vs Ripped - What's the difference?
torn | ripped | Synonyms |
(rip, rend, speed).
(rip)
Torn, either partly or into separate pieces.
Pulled away from forcefully.
In data storage, transferred to a hard disk from another portable media form.
Copied or stolen usually from an identified source.
(bodybuilding) Having extremely low bodyfat content so that the shape of the underlying muscles become pronounced. Said especially of well-defined abdominal muscles.
* 1988', Steve Holman, "Christian Conquers Columbus", '''' ' 47 (6): 28-34.
* 2010', Bill Geiger, "6-pack Abs in 9 Weeks", ''Reps!'' ' 17 :106
(slang) Drunk, inebriated.
Ripped is a synonym of torn.
As verbs the difference between torn and ripped
is that torn is past participle of lang=en (rip, rend, speed) while ripped is past tense of rip.As an adjective ripped is
torn, either partly or into separate pieces.torn
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* The past participle of the (tear), meaning "produce liquid from the eyes", is (teared). English irregular past participles ----ripped
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(en adjective)- With the average male competitor weighing around 220, the total poundage of raw, ripped mass in the preliminary lineup is over 3,700 pounds.
- That's the premise of the overload principle, and it must be applied, even to ab training, if you're going to develop a cut, ripped midsection.