Rift or rift means a fissure or cleft; an opening made by splitting something solid, literally or figuratively--
From a distance, you can see that the canyon is really a rift in the mountain.
His comment caused a rift in their relationship that seems to be permanent.
Riffed or riffed ( rhymes with rift ) is the past tense ( yesterday, or some time ago ) of "riff", meaning to repeat a melodic phrase--
He sometimes riffed the same bit of a tune for an hour, like variations on a theme.
When he felt blue, he picked up his saxophone and riffed every sound he heard.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"He riffed on the sad theme of his rift with his girlfriend, until everyone was depressed."
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