Tip vs. Rip — What's the Difference?

The end of a pointed or projecting object.

A stretch of water in a river, estuary, or tidal channel made rough by waves meeting an opposing current.

A piece or an attachment, such as a cap or ferrule, meant to be fitted to the end of something else

A rip current.

The act of tipping.

A dissolute person.

A tilt or slant; an incline.

An old or worthless horse.

Chiefly British An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish.

A tear (in paper, etc.).

A light blow; a tap.

A type of strong, rough tide or current.

(Baseball) A pitched ball that is tipped

(Australia, New Zealand) A rip current: a strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.

A small sum of money given to someone for performing a service; a gratuity.

(slang) A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.

A piece of confidential, advance, or inside information

(slang) A hit (dose) of marijuana.

A helpful hint

A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.

To furnish with a tip.

(slang) Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.

To cover or decorate the tip of

Data or audio copied from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.

To remove the tip of

Something ripped off or stolen; a work resulting from plagiarism.

To dye the ends of (hair or fur) in order to blend or improve appearance.

A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played.

To push or knock over; overturn or topple

Ellipsis of ripsaw.

To move to a slanting position; tilt

A joyride.

To touch or raise (one's hat) in greeting.

A wicker basket for fish.

To empty (something) by overturning; dump.

A worthless horse; a nag.

To dump (rubbish, for example).

An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel.

To topple over; overturn

(transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.

To be tilted; slant

(intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.

To strike gently; tap.

(transitive) To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.

(Baseball) To hit (a pitched ball) with the side of the bat so that it glances off.

To move quickly and destructively.

(Sports) To tap or deflect (a ball or puck, for example), especially in scoring.

(woodworking) To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.

(Sports) To deflect or glance off. Used of a ball or puck.

To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc.

Lower Southern US To tiptoe.

To take a "hit" of marijuana.

To give a tip to

(slang) To fart.

To give as a tip

To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into)

To provide with a piece of confidential, advance, or inside information

To steal; to rip off.

To give tips or a tip

To move or act fast; to rush headlong.

The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.

(archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.

A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.

To surf extremely well.

(music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.

A wicker fish basket.

A small piece of meat.

A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.

A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.

A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.

Synonym of eartip

To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; - commonly used with up, open, off.

The knocking over of a skittle.

To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.

An act of tipping up or tilting.

To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; - usually with up.

An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.

To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.

Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

A dissolute man in fashionable society

A recycling centre.

An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;

(colloquial) A very untidy place.

A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips

The act of rending or ripping or splitting something;

A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.

Tear or be torn violently;

A light blow or tap.

Move precipitously or violently;

A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.

Cut (wood) along the grain

A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.

Criticize or abuse strongly and violently;

A piece of advice.

(AU) A prediction or bet about the outcome of something.

(transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.

(ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.

(ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.

To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.

To drink.

(transitive) To dump (refuse).

To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.

(transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.

To hit quickly and lightly; to tap.

To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.

To give, pass.

To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.

(AU) To predict or bet on something having a particular outcome.

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.

A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

A light touch or blow; a tap.

A gift; a douceur; a fee.

A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.

To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.

To strike slightly; to tap.

To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.

To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.

To fall on, or incline to, one side.

The extreme end of something; especially something pointed

A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)

An indication of potential opportunity;

A V shape;

The top point of a mountain or hill;

Cause to tilt;

Mark with a tip;

Give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the agreed-on compensation;

Cause to topple or tumble by pushing

To incline or bend from a vertical position;

Walk on one's toes

Strike lightly;

Give insider information or advise to;

Remove the tip from;