What's the difference between riffle and riffler?

Riffle


Definition:

  • (n.) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I'd wake up to a compact mirror held to my mouth, and someone riffling through the knicker drawer for the will.
  • (2) Even as a child, Lauren, the third of four children, had a fascination with clothes and their ability to transform people: he emulated the preppy look of New York’s rich kids and would later riffle through thrift shops for authentically distressed denim, cowboy boots and leather jackets.
  • (3) "I hope there is no return to the spirit of loadsamoney heartlessness – figuratively riffling banknotes under the noses of the homeless – and I hope that this time the Gordon Gekkos of London are conspicuous not just for their greed – valid motivator though greed may be for economic progress – as for what they give and do for the rest of the population, many of whom have experienced real falls in their incomes over the last five years."
  • (4) Each stream was divided into pool and riffle sections that were colonized by communities of periphyton and invertebrates.
  • (5) The 488-m long stream was composed of mud-bottomed pools alternating with gravel riffles.
  • (6) Its use is demonstrated with a comparison of biomass and neuromass distributions for a stream riffle ecosystem in the Huron River, southeastern Michigan.
  • (7) The vaccine failed to protect against a highly virulent form of E coli 06 (Riffle), possibly because the amount of antibody to its lipopolysaccharide was inadequate.
  • (8) I searched for some explanation for this overweening neediness, riffling the pages with rising desperation.

Riffler


Definition:

  • (n.) A curved file used in carving wool and marble.

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