The difference between Rend and Tear
When used as nouns, rend means a violent separation of parts, whereas tear means a hole or break caused by tearing.
When used as verbs, rend means to separate into parts with force or sudden violence, whereas tear means to rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not.
check bellow for the other definitions of Rend and Tear
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Rend as a verb (transitive):
To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst
Examples:
"Powder rends a rock in blasting."
"Lightning rends an oak."
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Rend as a verb (transitive):
To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
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Rend as a verb (intransitive):
To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
Examples:
"Relationships may rend if tempers flare."
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Rend as a noun:
A violent separation of parts.
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Tear as a verb (transitive):
To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
Examples:
"He tore his coat on the [[nail]]."
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Tear as a verb (transitive):
To injure as if by pulling apart.
Examples:
"He has a torn ligament."
"He tore some muscles in a weight-lifting accident."
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Tear as a verb (transitive):
To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
Examples:
"He was torn by conflicting emotions."
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Tear as a verb (transitive):
To make (an opening) with force or energy.
Examples:
"A piece of debris tore a tiny straight channel through the satellite."
"His boss will tear him a new one when he finds out."
"The artillery tore a gap in the line."
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Tear as a verb (transitive, often, with ''off'', or, ''out''):
To remove by tearing.
Examples:
"'Tear the coupon out of the newspaper."
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Tear as a verb (transitive, of structures, with ''down''):
To demolish
Examples:
"The slums were torn down to make way for the new development."
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Tear as a verb (intransitive):
To become torn, especially accidentally.
Examples:
"My dress has torn."
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Tear as a verb (intransitive):
To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
Examples:
"He went tearing down the hill at 90 miles per hour."
"The tornado lingered, tearing through town, leaving nothing upright."
"He tore into the backlog of complaints."
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Tear as a verb (intransitive):
To smash or enter something with great force.
Examples:
"The chain shot tore into the approaching line of infantry."
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Tear as a noun:
A hole or break caused by tearing.
Examples:
"A small tear is easy to mend, if it is on the seam."
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Tear as a noun (slang):
A rampage.
Examples:
"to go on a tear"
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Tear as a noun:
A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
Examples:
"There were big tears rolling down Lisa's cheeks."
"Ryan wiped the tear from the paper he was crying on."
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Tear as a noun:
Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
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Tear as a noun (glass manufacture):
A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
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Tear as a noun:
That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
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Tear as a verb (intransitive):
To produce tears.
Examples:
"Her eyes began to tear in the harsh wind."