The difference between Raise and Rise

When used as nouns, raise means an increase in wages or salary, whereas rise means the process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.

When used as verbs, raise means to form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts, whereas rise means to move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. to move upwards. to grow upward.


check bellow for the other definitions of Raise and Rise

  1. Raise as a verb (physical):

    To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect. To cause something to come to the surface of the sea. To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it. To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven. To cause (a dead person) to live again, to cause to be undead. To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.

    Examples:

    "to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself"

    "to raise a wall, or a heap of stones"

    "The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk."

    "to raise Sandy Hook light"

    "The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!"

  2. Raise as a verb (transitive):

    To create, increase or develop. To collect. To bring up; to grow; to promote. To mention (a question, issue) for discussion. To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property). To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.

    Examples:

    "We need to raise the motivation level in the company."

    "to raise the quality of the products; to raise the price of goods"

    "to raise a lot of money for charity; to raise troops"

    "We visited a farm where they raise chickens."

    "Chew with your mouth shut — were you raised in a barn?"

    "to raise somebody to office"

    "A few important questions were raised after the attack."

    "There should be some consideration (i.e., payment or exchange) to raise a use."

  3. Raise as a verb:

    To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).

    Examples:

    "Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police."

  4. Raise as a verb (poker, intransitive):

    To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.

    Examples:

    "John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money."

  5. Raise as a verb (arithmetic):

    To exponentiate, to involute.

    Examples:

    "Two raised to the fifth power equals 32."

  6. Raise as a verb (linguistics, transitive, of a verb):

    To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.

  7. Raise as a verb (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel):

    To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.

  8. Raise as a verb:

    To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.

  9. Raise as a verb (computing):

    To throw (an exception).

    Examples:

    "A division by zero will raise an exception."

  1. Raise as a noun (US):

    An increase in wages or salary; a rise .

    Examples:

    "The boss gave me a raise''."

  2. Raise as a noun (weightlifting):

    A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.

  3. Raise as a noun (curling):

    A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.

  4. Raise as a noun (poker):

    A bet which increased the previous bet.

  1. Raise as a noun:

    A cairn or pile of stones.

  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: