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Ascent vs Rising - What's the difference?

ascent | rising |

As nouns the difference between ascent and rising

is that ascent is the act of ascending. A motion upwards while rising is rebellion.

As a verb rising is

present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective rising is

going up.

As a preposition rising is

more than; exceeding; upwards of.

ascent

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of ascending. A motion upwards.
    • He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc.
  • The way or means by which one ascends.
    • There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux.
  • An eminence, hill, or high place.
  • The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade.
    • The road has an ascent of 5 degrees.
  • (typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
  • An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
    • That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.
    (Webster 1913)

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    rising

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • rebellion
  • The act of something that rises.
    • the risings and fallings of a thermometer
  • (US, dated) A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment.
    • salt rising'''; milk '''rising

    Adjective

    (-)
  • going up

    • Related terms

    * rise

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (US, slang, dated) More than; exceeding; upwards of.
    • a horse rising six years of age
    (Webster 1913)

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