What is the difference between Rapture and Rupture?
What is the difference between Rapture and Rupture? :
Rapture : (noun)
( 1 ) Intense delight
He was gazing in rapture at the girl he loved.
His face was shining with rapture.
Rupture : (noun)
( 1 ) Instance of breaking apart or bursting
The rupture of a blood vessel is very harmful.
See if you can open it without suffering a rupture.
( 2 ) Instance of ending of friendly relatives
There are deep ruptures within the party.
( 3 ) (Medical) swelling in the abdomen caused when same organ or tissue breaks through the wall of its retaining cavity
Rupture : (verb)
( 1 ) Break or burst
He has a ruptured spleen.
He ruptured himself lifting a heavy box.
( 2 ) End
There is the risk of rupturing relations between the two countries.
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