Difference between Profligate and Rip

What is the difference between Profligate and Rip?

Profligate as a verb is to drive away; to overcome. while Rip as a verb is to cause something, usually paper, to rapidly become two parts.

Profligate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To drive away; to overcome.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly. Overthrown; beaten; conquered, especially by vice.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person. An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.

Rip

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A tear (in paper, etc).A type of tide or current.A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.A "hit" of marijuana.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause something, usually paper, to rapidly become two parts.To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain. Contrast crosscut.To copy data from optical disks such as CDs and DVDs to a hard drive, portable device, etc.To take a "hit" of marijuana.To fart.To mock.To steal; to rip off.

Example sentence: I support Alice Waters in her desire that there be a vegetable garden at the White House. I don't think they should rip up the Rose Garden, because that's something that I love. They should probably dig up another patch and grow some vegetables there.

We hope you now know whether to use Profligate or Rip in your sentence.

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