The difference between Lift and Ride
When used as nouns, lift means air, whereas ride means an instance of riding.
When used as verbs, lift means to raise or rise, whereas ride means to transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
check bellow for the other definitions of Lift and Ride
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Lift as a noun (UK, _, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland):
Air.
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Lift as a noun (UK, _, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland):
The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
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Lift as a verb (ambitransitive):
To raise or rise.
Examples:
"The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear."
"You never lift a finger to help me!"
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Lift as a verb (transitive, slang):
To steal. (for this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic "thief", cognate with and Greek )
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Lift as a verb (transitive):
To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
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Lift as a verb (transitive):
To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
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Lift as a verb (transitive):
to cause to move upwards.
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Lift as a verb (informal, intransitive):
To lift weights; to weight-lift.
Examples:
"She lifts twice a week at the gym."
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Lift as a verb:
To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
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Lift as a verb:
To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
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Lift as a verb (obsolete):
To bear; to support.
Examples:
"rfquotek Edmund Spenser"
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Lift as a verb:
To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
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Lift as a verb (computing, programming):
To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
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Lift as a verb (finance):
To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
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Lift as a noun:
An act of lifting or raising.
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Lift as a noun:
The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
Examples:
"He gave me a lift to the bus station."
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Lift as a noun (British, Australia, New Zealand):
Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
Examples:
"Take the lift to the fourth floor."
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Lift as a noun:
An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
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Lift as a noun (measurement):
the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
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Lift as a noun (historical, _, slang):
A thief.
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Lift as a noun (dance):
The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
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Lift as a noun:
Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
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Lift as a noun:
An improvement in mood.
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Lift as a noun:
The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
Examples:
"rfquotek Francis Bacon"
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Lift as a noun:
A rise; a degree of elevation.
Examples:
"the lift of a lock in canals"
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Lift as a noun:
A lift gate.
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Lift as a noun (nautical):
A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
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Lift as a noun (engineering):
One of the steps of a cone pulley.
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Lift as a noun:
(shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
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Lift as a noun:
(horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
Examples:
"rfquotek Saunier"
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Ride as a verb (intransitive, transitive):
To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
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Ride as a verb (intransitive, transitive):
To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
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Ride as a verb (transitive, chiefly [[US]] and [[w:South Africa, South Africa]]):
To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
Examples:
"The cab rode him downtown."
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Ride as a verb (intransitive):
Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
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Ride as a verb (transitive, intransitive):
To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
Examples:
"The witch cackled and rode away on her broomstick."
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Ride as a verb (intransitive):
To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
Examples:
"A horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast."
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Ride as a verb (intransitive, transitive):
To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
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Ride as a verb (transitive, colloquial):
To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
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Ride as a verb (intransitive):
Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
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Ride as a verb (intransitive):
To rely, depend (on).
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Ride as a verb (intransitive):
Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
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Ride as a verb (lacrosse):
To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
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Ride as a verb:
To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
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Ride as a verb:
To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
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Ride as a verb (surgery):
To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
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Ride as a noun:
An instance of riding.
Examples:
"Can I have a ride on your bike?"
"We took the horses for an early-morning ride in the woods."
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Ride as a noun (informal):
A vehicle.
Examples:
"That's a nice ride; what did it cost?"
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Ride as a noun:
An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
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Ride as a noun:
A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
Examples:
"Can you give me a ride?"
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Ride as a noun (UK):
A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
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Ride as a noun (UK, dialect, archaic):
A saddle horse.
Examples:
"rfquotek Wright"
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Ride as a noun (Ireland):
A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.