Rive vs. Vive — What's the Difference?

To rend or tear apart.

(obsolete) lively, animated; forcible

To break into pieces, as by a blow; cleave or split asunder.

Long live, that is, success to; as, vive le roi, long live the king; vive la bagatelle, success to trifles or sport.

To break or distress (the spirit, for example).

Lively; animated; forcible.

To be or become split.

To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.

To pierce or cleave with a weapon.

(intransitive) To break apart; to split.

To burst open; explode; discharge.

(woodworking) To use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).

To land.

A place torn; a rent; a rift.

A bank or shore.

To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.

To be split or rent asunder.

A place torn; a rent; a rift.

Tear or be torn violently;

Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument;