The difference between Rise and Set

When used as nouns, rise means the process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater, whereas set means a punch for setting nails in wood.

When used as verbs, rise means to move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. to move upwards. to grow upward, whereas set means to put (something) down, to rest.

Set is also adjective with the meaning: fixed in position.

check bellow for the other definitions of Rise and Set

  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:

  1. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To put (something) down, to rest.

    Examples:

    "'Set the [[tray]] there."

  2. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

    Examples:

    "I have set my heart on running the marathon."

  3. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.

  4. Set as a verb (transitive, dated):

    To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

    Examples:

    "to set a coach in the mud"

  5. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To determine or settle.

    Examples:

    "to set the rent"

  6. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To adjust.

    Examples:

    "I set the alarm at 6 a.m."

  7. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.

  8. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.

    Examples:

    "Please set the table for our guests."

  9. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To introduce or describe.

    Examples:

    "I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene."

  10. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.

    Examples:

    "He says he will set his next film in France."

  11. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).

    Examples:

    "This crossword was set by Araucaria."

  12. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To prepare (a stage or film set).

  13. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To fit (someone) up in a situation.

  14. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To arrange (type).

    Examples:

    "It was a complex page, but he set it quickly."

  15. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To devise and assign (work) to.

    Examples:

    "The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot."

  16. Set as a verb (transitive, volleyball):

    To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.

  17. Set as a verb (intransitive):

    To solidify.

    Examples:

    "The glue sets in four minutes."

  18. Set as a verb (transitive):

    To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.

    Examples:

    "to set milk for cheese"

  19. Set as a verb (intransitive):

    Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.

    Examples:

    "The moon sets at eight o'clock tonight."

  20. Set as a verb (transitive, bridge):

    To defeat a contract.

  21. Set as a verb (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in [[set out]]):

    To begin to move; to go forth.

  22. Set as a verb (transitive, botany):

    To produce after pollination.

    Examples:

    "to set seed"

  23. Set as a verb (intransitive, of fruit):

    To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.

  24. Set as a verb (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects):

    To sit .

    Examples:

    "He sets in that chair all day."

  25. Set as a verb:

    To hunt game with the aid of a setter.

  26. Set as a verb (hunting, ambitransitive):

    Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.

    Examples:

    "The dog sets the bird."

    "Your dog sets well."

  27. Set as a verb (obsolete):

    To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.

  28. Set as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To fit music to words.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  29. Set as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

    Examples:

    "to set pear trees in an orchard"

  30. Set as a verb:

    To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Francis Bacon"

  31. Set as a verb:

    To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.

    Examples:

    "The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward."

  32. Set as a verb:

    To place or fix in a setting.

    Examples:

    "to set a precious stone in a border of metal"

    "to set glass in a sash"

  33. Set as a verb:

    To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.

    Examples:

    "to set (that is, to hone) a razor"

    "to set a saw"

  34. Set as a verb:

    To extend and bring into position; to spread.

    Examples:

    "to set the sails of a ship"

  35. Set as a verb:

    To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.

    Examples:

    "to set a psalm"

    "rfquotek Fielding"

  36. Set as a verb:

    To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.

    Examples:

    "to set a broken bone"

  37. Set as a verb (masonry):

    To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

  38. Set as a verb (obsolete):

    To wager in gambling; to risk.

  39. Set as a verb:

    To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

  40. Set as a verb (obsolete):

    To value; to rate; used with at.

  41. Set as a verb:

    To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.

    Examples:

    "to set a good example; to set lessons to be learned"

  42. Set as a verb (Scotland):

    To suit; to become.

    Examples:

    "It sets him ill."

  1. Set as a noun:

    A punch for setting nails in wood.

    Examples:

    "nail set"

  2. Set as a noun:

    A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.

    Examples:

    "television set"

  3. Set as a noun:

    a hole made and lived in by a badger.

  4. Set as a noun:

    pattern of threads and yarns.

  5. Set as a noun:

    piece of quarried stone.

  6. Set as a noun (horticulture):

    A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.

  7. Set as a noun:

    The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.

  8. Set as a noun (obsolete, rare):

    That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.

  9. Set as a noun (engineering):

    Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.

    Examples:

    "the set of a spring"

  10. Set as a noun (piledriving):

    A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.

  11. Set as a noun (printing, dated):

    The width of the body of a type.

  12. Set as a noun:

    A young oyster when first attached.

  13. Set as a noun:

    Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.

  14. Set as a noun:

    A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun)

  15. Set as a noun (colloquial):

    The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.

    Examples:

    "the set of a coat"

  16. Set as a noun:

    The camber of a curved roofing tile.

  1. Set as an adjective:

    Fixed in position.

  2. Set as an adjective:

    Rigid, solidified.

  3. Set as an adjective:

    Ready, prepared.

    Examples:

    "[[on your mark, get set, go on your marks, get set, go!]]; [[on your marks]], set, go!"

  4. Set as an adjective:

    Intent, determined (to do something).

    Examples:

    "'set on getting to his destination"

  5. Set as an adjective:

    Prearranged.

    Examples:

    "a set menu"

  6. Set as an adjective:

    Fixed in one's opinion.

    Examples:

    "I’m set against the idea of smacking children to punish them."

  7. Set as an adjective (of hair):

    Fixed in a certain style.

  1. Set as a noun:

    A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.

  2. Set as a noun:

    A rudimentary fruit.

  3. Set as a noun (by extension):

    The setting of the sun or other luminary; the close of the day.

  4. Set as a noun (literally, and, figuratively):

    General movement; direction; drift; tendency.

  5. Set as a noun:

    A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.)

    Examples:

    "a set of tables"

  6. Set as a noun:

    A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.

    Examples:

    "a set of tools"

  7. Set as a noun:

    An object made up of several parts.

    Examples:

    "a set of steps"

  8. Set as a noun (set theory):

    A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.

  9. Set as a noun (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal):

    Set theory.

  10. Set as a noun:

    A group of people, usually meeting socially.

    Examples:

    "the country set"

  11. Set as a noun:

    The scenery for a film or play.

  12. Set as a noun (dance):

    The initial or basic formation of dancers.

  13. Set as a noun (exercise):

    A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.

  14. Set as a noun (tennis):

    A complete series of games, forming part of a match.

  15. Set as a noun (volleyball):

    A complete series of points, forming part of a match.

  16. Set as a noun (volleyball):

    The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.

  17. Set as a noun (music):

    A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.

  18. Set as a noun (music):

    A drum kit, a drum set.

    Examples:

    "He plays the set on Saturdays."

  19. Set as a noun (UK, education):

    A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.

  20. Set as a noun (poker, slang):

    Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare .

  1. Set as a verb (UK, education):

    To divide a class group in a subject according to ability

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