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Riffle vs. Rifle
Riffle
/ˈrɪfəl/Examples:
The dealer riffled the cards with practiced skill.Watch as the wind riffles the pages of the open book.Children loved to riffle through old comic book stacks.
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Rifle
/ˈraɪfəl/Examples:
Victor returns with an armful of rifles.I spin around, aim, and fire my rifle.I said, preparing my rifle.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- A riffle is what you see when you shuffle a deck of cards and create a rippling effect with the cards.
- A rifle is a type of gun used for shooting and is associated with the military or hunting.
- Recall that rifle has an l in the middle which stands for long as rifles typically have long barrels.
- Consider riffle and think of fs creating a fluttering motion, similar to the sound and motion of shuffling cards.
- If you remember fishing, a riffle can also refer to a shallow part of a stream with rapid flow, which sounds like the rippling effect of cards.
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