Rhyme or rhyme means the words sound the same, as in a song or a poem--
Words that rhyme make it easy to learn to read..
He is trying to think of a rhyme for his poem.
We can't think of a rhyme for "strange".
Rhyme may also mean a poem or verse--
He wrote a rhyme for her birthday.
Rime or rime ( rhymes with rhyme ) means frost--the coating of ice crystals that form by freezing water vapor--
Every part of the boat was covered in rime.
It was so cold that the covering of rime seemed permanent.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"The glittering rime inspired him to write a rhyme."
Note--"rime" is also an old-fashioned spelling for "rhyme"--
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" was one of his favorite poems.
'Rime" is also a nautical term, meaning to enlarge a hole in a sail--
The mate told him to rime the sail.
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