rift
noun
[ rɪft ]
• a crack, split, or break in something.
• "the wind had torn open a rift in the clouds"
Similar:
crack,
fault,
flaw,
split,
break,
breach,
fissure,
fracture,
cleft,
crevice,
gap,
cranny,
slit,
chink,
interstice,
cavity,
opening,
space,
hole,
aperture,
• a serious break in friendly relations.
• "the rift between the two branches of the legal profession"
Similar:
breach,
division,
split,
quarrel,
squabble,
disagreement,
difference of opinion,
falling-out,
fight,
row,
altercation,
argument,
war of words,
dispute,
conflict,
contretemps,
clash,
wrangle,
tussle,
feud,
battle royal,
estrangement,
alienation,
schism,
run-in,
spat,
scrap,
ding-dong,
bust-up,
rift
verb
• break apart or become separated through faulting caused by plate tectonics.
• "the Indian landmass rifted from Madagascar about 90 million years ago"
Origin:
Middle English: of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian and Danish rift ‘cleft, chink’.
