rapture ~ rupture
[slightly different first vowel sound: the sound ‘a’ in “rapture” rhymes with the ‘a’ sound in ‘hat’; the first ‘u’ sound in “rupture” rhymes with the ‘u’ sound in ‘but’]
rapture (delight/happy)
“Rapture” (noun; for the right pronunciation, please click here),
rapture (people/souls being sent to heaven)
{rare usage} is ‘ delight; the state of being very, very happy; great joy’; ‘the act of moving a person from one place to another, especially to heaven’,
e.g.
He was filled with rapture when his girl-friend gave him his first kiss.
Luke strongly believes in rupture as is given in the Bible.
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a rupture in the eardrum
“Rupture”, for the right pronunciation, please click here, as a noun, is ‘a sudden bursting or breaking apart of something; a disease called ‘hernia’; a situation where two countries or two groups of people or two individuals suddenly disagree and break up, which usually leads to a fight or war’; and as a verb, it is ‘(to cause) to break or burst something, such as a blood-vessel or a membrane’,
a rupture in ligament
e.g.
A rupture of the eardrum may cause deafness.
The old man tried to lift that heavy box and ruptured his weak bicep muscles.
