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“Rhyme” or “Rime”

rhyme / rime are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

rhyme r·AY·m

  • nouncorrespondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds).
  • verbcompose rhymes.
  • verbbe similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable.

rime

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

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“rhyme”

  • …ballet by Alexander Shakhovskoy in rhyme and free verse with machines,…
  • …was written almost entirely in rhyme.
  • …sometimes, we can see neither rhyme nor reason in it we…
  • 1997: Rhyme & Reason – themselves
  • "Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme" b/w "Beauty" (2005)
  • …phoneme , as in glide, rhyme and eye, was and later
  • Rhythm and Rhyme Time was a Saturday night…
  • "Of Rasa, Rhyme 'n Realism."
  • …verse (with no concern for rhyme or meter), many have a…
  • …when children sing his nursery rhyme ("One, Two, Freddy's Coming for…

“rime”

  • …the development struggles of 2017's Rime, Tequila Works co-founder Raúl Rubio…
  • …although Coleridge contributed the long "Rime of the Ancient Mariner".
  • Pennebaker, D. Paez and D. Rime (eds) Collective memory of political…
  • …Zao Onsen Ski Resort and rime spectators in winter, tourists and…

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