The difference between Fly and Rise

When used as nouns, fly means any insect of the order diptera, whereas rise means the process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.

When used as verbs, fly means to travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface, whereas rise means to move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. to move upwards. to grow upward.

Fly is also adjective with the meaning: quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.

check bellow for the other definitions of Fly and Rise

  1. Fly as a noun (zoology):

    Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called .

  2. Fly as a noun (non-technical):

    Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).

  3. Fly as a noun:

    Any similar, but unrelated insect such as dragonfly or butterfly.

  4. Fly as a noun (fishing):

    A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.

  5. Fly as a noun (weightlifting):

    A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)

  6. Fly as a noun (obsolete):

    A witch's familiar.

  7. Fly as a noun (obsolete):

    A parasite.

  8. Fly as a noun (swimming):

    The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys)

  9. Fly as a noun:

    A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.

  1. Fly as a verb (intransitive):

    To travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.

    Examples:

    "Birds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter. The Concorde flew from Paris to New York faster than any other passenger airplane. It takes about eleven hours to fly from Frankfurt to Hongkong. The little fairy flew home on the back of her friend, the giant eagle."

  2. Fly as a verb (ambitransitive, archaic, poetic):

    To flee, to escape (from).

    Examples:

    "'Fly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!"

  3. Fly as a verb (transitive, ergative):

    To cause to fly : to transport via air or the like.

    Examples:

    "Charles Lindbergh flew his airplane The Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic ocean. Why don’t you go outside and fly kites, kids? The wind is just perfect. Birds fly their prey to their nest to feed it to their young. Each day the post flies thousands of letters around the globe."

  4. Fly as a verb (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea):

    To be accepted, come about or work out.

    Examples:

    "Let's see if that idea flies. You know, I just don't think that's going to fly. Why don't you spend your time on something better?"

  5. Fly as a verb (intransitive):

    To travel very fast, hasten.

  6. Fly as a verb:

    To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.

    Examples:

    "a door flies open; a bomb flies apart"

  7. Fly as a verb:

    To hunt with a hawk.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Francis Bacon"

  8. Fly as a verb (transitive):

    To display a flag on a flagpole.

  1. Fly as a noun (obsolete):

    The action of flying; flight.

  2. Fly as a noun:

    An act of flying.

    Examples:

    "We had a quick half-hour fly back into the city."

    "There was a good wind, so I decided to give the kite a fly."

  3. Fly as a noun (baseball):

    A fly ball.

  4. Fly as a noun (now, historical):

    A type of small, fast carriage (sometimes pluralised ).

  5. Fly as a noun:

    A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.

  6. Fly as a noun (often plural):

    A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.

    Examples:

    "Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!"

  7. Fly as a noun:

    The free edge of a flag.

  8. Fly as a noun:

    The horizontal length of a flag.

  9. Fly as a noun (weightlifting):

    An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.

  10. Fly as a noun:

    The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.

  11. Fly as a noun (nautical):

    That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Totten"

  12. Fly as a noun:

    Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.

  13. Fly as a noun:

    A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See flywheel.

  14. Fly as a noun (historical):

    A light horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation.

  15. Fly as a noun:

    In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  16. Fly as a noun:

    The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.

  17. Fly as a noun (weaving):

    A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  18. Fly as a noun (printing, historical):

    The person who took the printed sheets from the press.

  19. Fly as a noun (printing, historical):

    A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.

  20. Fly as a noun:

    One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.

  21. Fly as a noun (cotton manufacture):

    waste cotton

  1. Fly as a verb (intransitive, baseball):

    To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).

    Examples:

    "Jones flied to right in his last at-bat."

  1. Fly as an adjective (slang, dated):

    Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.

  2. Fly as an adjective (slang):

    Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.

    Examples:

    "He's pretty fly."

  3. Fly as an adjective (slang):

    Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.

  4. Fly as an adjective (slang, chiefly, Doric):

    Sneaky

  1. Fly as a noun (rural, Scotland, Northern England):

    A wing.

    Examples:

    "The bullet barely grazed the wild fowl's fly."

  1. Rise as a verb (intransitive):

    To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. To move upwards. To grow upward; to attain a certain height. To slope upward. To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation. To become erect; to assume an upright position. To leave one's bed; to get up. To be resurrected. To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.

    Examples:

    "We watched the balloon rise."

    "This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet."

    "The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill."

    "The sun was rising in the East."

    "to rise from a chair or from a fall"

    "he rose from the grave; he is risen!"

    "The committee rose after agreeing to the report."

  2. Rise as a verb (intransitive):

    To increase in value or standing. To attain a higher status. Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase. To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.

    Examples:

    "to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest."

    "to rise a tone or semitone"

  3. Rise as a verb (of a river):

    To begin; to develop. To develop. To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light. To have its source (in a particular place). To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight. To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel. To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.

    Examples:

    "Has that dough risen yet?"

    "a noise rose on the air; odour rises from the flower"

  4. Rise as a verb (transitive):

    To go up; to ascend; to climb.

    Examples:

    "to rise a hill"

  5. Rise as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to go up or ascend.

    Examples:

    "to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water"

    "to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it"

  6. Rise as a verb (obsolete):

    To retire; to give up a siege.

  7. Rise as a verb:

    To come; to offer itself.

  8. Rise as a verb (printing, dated):

    To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.

  1. Rise as a noun:

    The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.

    Examples:

    "The rise of the tide."

    "There was a rise of nearly two degrees since yesterday."

    "Exercise is usually accompanied by a temporary rise in blood pressure."

  2. Rise as a noun:

    The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.

    Examples:

    "The rise of the working class."

    "The rise of the printing press."

    "The rise of the feminists."

  3. Rise as a noun (chiefly, UK):

    An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).

  4. Rise as a noun:

    The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.

    Examples:

    "The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed."

  5. Rise as a noun (UK, Ireland, Australia):

    An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).

    Examples:

    "The governor just gave me a rise of two pound six."

  6. Rise as a noun (Sussex):

    A small hill; used chiefly in place names.

  7. Rise as a noun:

    An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.

  8. Rise as a noun (informal):

    An angry reaction.

    Examples:

    "I knew that would get a rise out of him."

  1. Rise as a noun:

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