Uprise vs Apprise - What's the difference?
uprise | apprise |
(archaic) To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
* 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) Chapter VI
(archaic) To have an upward direction or inclination
* Tennyson
To rebel or revolt; to take part in an uprising.
* 1998 , William B. Griffen, Apaches at War and Peace (page 92)
To notify, or to make aware; to inform.
As verbs the difference between uprise and apprise
is that uprise is to rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon while apprise is to notify, or to make aware; to inform.As a noun uprise
is the act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.uprise
English
Verb
- The great sky uprose from this silent sea without a cloud. The stars hung low in its expanse, burning in a violent mist of lower ether.
- Uprose the mystic mountain range.
- They had decided to uprise rather than face punishment, and they wanted all the help they could get.