Embrace vs Raise - What's the difference?

In obsolete terms the difference between embrace and raise

is that embrace is to cling to; to cherish; to love while raise is to bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.

In lang=en terms the difference between embrace and raise

is that embrace is to attempt to influence (a jury, court, etc.) corruptly while raise is a bet which increased the previous bet.

As verbs the difference between embrace and raise

is that embrace is to clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug while raise is to cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

As nouns the difference between embrace and raise

is that embrace is hug noun; putting arms around someone while raise is an increase in wages or salary; a rise UK.

embrace

English

Alternative forms

* imbrace (obsolete)

Verb

(embrac)

To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.

* Shakespeare

I will embrace him with a soldier's arm, / That he shall shrink under my courtesy.

* Bible, Acts xx. 1

Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them.

(obsolete) To cling to; to cherish; to love.

(Shakespeare)

To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.

I wholeheartedly embrace the new legislation.

* Shakespeare

You embrace the occasion.

* John Locke

What is there that he may not embrace for truth?

To accept; to undergo; to submit to.

* Shakespeare

I embrace this fortune patiently.

To encircle; to encompass; to enclose.

* Dryden

Not that my song, in such a scanty space, / So large a subject fully can embrace .

* Denham

Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed, / Between the mountain and the stream embraced .

To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.

Natural philosophy embraces many sciences.

To fasten on, as armour.

(Spenser)

(legal) To attempt to influence (a jury, court, etc.) corruptly.

(Blackstone)

Noun

(en noun)

Hug (noun); putting arms around someone.

*:a delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ "Phil! You! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.

(metaphorical) Enfolding, including.

raise

English

Verb

(rais)

(label) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

# To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.

#* Bible, (w) xxxix. 3

I will raise forts against thee.

# To cause something to come to the surface of the sea.

# (label) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.

# (label) To cause (a dead person) to live again, to cause to be undead.

# (military) 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.

(label) To create, increase or develop.

# To collect.

# To bring up; to grow; to promote.

# To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.

# (label) To create; to constitute (a use , or a beneficial interest in property).

# (label) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.

#* Bible, (w) xviii. 18.

I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee.

#* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

God vouchsafes to raise another world From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget.

#* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.

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

(label) To exponentiate, to involute.

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

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.

Synonyms

* lift

Derived terms

* raise Cain * raise fire * raise one's eyebrows * raise someone's consciousness * raise the alarm * raise the roof * raised by wolves * raised in a barn

Noun

(en noun)

(US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).

The boss gave me a raise .

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

(curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.

(poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.

Derived terms

* lateral raise * leg raise

Anagrams

External links

* ("raise" on Wikipedia) English causative verbs English contranyms English ergative verbs 1000 English basic words