How would rifling look to the spectator as opposed to just going through?
2006-06-12 04:08:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
err rifling though someone stuff
is more like going through it very quickly and throwing things out of the way, and causing a lot of disorder amonst their things
where as just going through it would be more orderly, probably leaving it in the same order and neatness it was in before you started going through it
what a question
2006-06-12 04:11:58 · answer #1 · answered by whoisgod71 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Rifling" is a word I'd use to describe someone who is just pawing through possessions, tossing them to the side, not putting them back where they were, essentially making a mess. A person who would "rifle" like that is clearly looking for something specific.
2006-06-12 11:14:07 · answer #2 · answered by dulcetpurr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Rifling" lends one to believe that you are quickly, with or without permission, searching through someone's belongings for something of importance to you or a reason.
"Just looking through it" usually connotates a slower pace and may not always be taken as hostile since you excuse the action "I was just..." as a simple and common thing that people do.
2006-06-12 11:15:25 · answer #3 · answered by Jodhpur 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rifling means your just going through it. Wait....that's the same thing right?
2006-06-13 21:45:18 · answer #4 · answered by imahlah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rifling through stuff is quick and careless, stuff flying in all directions, looking for something in particular; looking through is methodical, showing interest in objects and not so untidy.
2006-06-12 11:15:32 · answer #5 · answered by vzhnri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rifiling = going through very quickley or shooting it a lot
2006-06-12 11:12:24 · answer #6 · answered by FeNdEr BeNdEr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no difference...your going into stuff that doesnt belong to you
2006-06-12 11:11:01 · answer #7 · answered by bigjimmyguy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋