rift (n.)
- abysm
- abyss
- alienation
- arroyo
- birthmark
- blackhead
- bleb
- blemish
- blister
- breach
- break
- breakage
- broach
- bug
- bulla
- burst
- canyon
- catch
- cavity
- chap
- chasm
- check
- chimney
- chink
- chip
- cicatrix
- cleavage
- cleft
- col
- comedo
- conflict
- crack
- cranny
- crater
- craze
- crevasse
- crevice
- cut
- cwm
- defacement
- defect
- defection
- deficiency
- defile
- deformation
- deformity
- dell
- difference
- dike
- disaffection
- disagreement
- disfavor
- disfiguration
- disfigurement
- disruption
- distance
- distortion
- disunion
- disunity
- ditch
- divaricate
- divergence
- divide
- division
- draw
- drawback
- estrangement
- excavation
- failing
- failure
- fault
- fissure
- flaw
- flume
- foible
- fracture
- frailty
- freckle
- furrow
- gap
- gape
- gash
- gorge
- groove
- gulch
- gulf
- gully
- hemangioma
- hiatus
- hickey
- hole
- imperfection
- inadequacy
- incision
- infirmity
- interruption
- interval
- joint
- keloid
- kink
- leak
- lentigo
- milium
- moat
- mole
- nevus
- notch
- nullah
- ope
- open
- opening
- part
- pass
- passage
- pimple
- pit
- pock
- pockmark
- problem
- pustule
- ravine
- rent
- rime
- rip
- rive
- rupture
- scab
- scale
- scar
- schism
- scissure
- scratch
- seam
- separate
- separation
- shortcoming
- slash
- slice
- slit
- slot
- snag
- splinter
- split
- spread
- sty
- taint
- tap
- tear
- track
- trench
- twist
- valley
- verruca
- vesicle
- void
- wadi
- wale
- warp
- wart
- weakness
- weal
- welt
- wen
- whitehead
rift (v.)
- blemish
- blister
- breach
- break
- broach
- bug
- burst
- catch
- chap
- check
- chink
- chip
- cleave
- conflict
- crack
- craze
- cut
- defect
- defile
- dike
- disfavor
- distance
- ditch
- divaricate
- divide
- draw
- fault
- fissure
- flaw
- fracture
- freckle
- furrow
- gap
- gape
- gash
- gorge
- groove
- gulf
- hole
- incise
- joint
- kink
- leak
- notch
- ope
- open
- part
- pass
- pit
- pock
- pockmark
- rent
- rime
- rip
- rive
- rupture
- scab
- scale
- scar
- scratch
- seam
- separate
- slash
- slice
- slit
- slot
- snag
- splinter
- split
- spread
- sty
- taint
- tap
- tear
- track
- trench
- twist
- void
- warp
- wart
- welt
rift (adv.)
rift (adj.)
It is the little rift within the lute
That by and by will make the music mute,
And ever widening slowly silence all.
