Height vs Rise - What's the difference?
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The distance from the base of something to the top.
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, title= The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
The highest point or maximum degree.
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, work=BBC Sport (Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.
(label) 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.
# (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
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# To become erect; to assume an upright position.
# To leave one's bed; to get up.
#* Old proverb
# (figurative) To be resurrected.
# (figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
#* (1800-1859)
(label) To increase in value or standing.
# To attain a higher status.
#* (rfdate) (Augustus Hare) (1834-1903)
#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
# Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
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, title= # To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
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# To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
To begin; to develop.
# To develop.
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# To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
# (of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
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# 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.
#* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
#* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
# To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
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(obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
* (Richard Knolles) (1545-1610)
To come; to offer itself.
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
(printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
(chiefly, UK) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
(UK, Ireland, Australia) An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise.
(Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names .
An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
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An angry reaction.
In sussex terms the difference between height and rise
is that height is an area of land at the top of a cliff while rise is a small hill; used chiefly in place names.As nouns the difference between height and rise
is that height is the distance from the base of something to the top while rise is the process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.As a verb rise is
to move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.height
English
Alternative forms
* highth * heighthNoun
- Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
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Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* (l)Antonyms
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* (wikipedia "height")rise
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) risen, from (etyl) . See also (l). (cognates) Cognate with (etyl) rize, (etyl) .Verb
- And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me. And then I thought of all the barrels piled up in the vault and of the liquor that they held; and stuck not because 'twas spirit, for I would scarce have paused to sate that thirst even with molten lead.
- He that would thrive must rise by five.
- It was near ninebefore the House rose .
- among the rising theologians of Germany
- Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
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- Professor Peter Crome, chair of the audit's steering group, said the report "provides further concrete evidence that the care of patients with dementia in hospital is in need of a radical shake-up". While a few hospitals had risen to the challenge of improving patients' experiences, many have not, he said. The report recommends that all staff receive basic dementia awareness training, and staffing levels should be maintained to help such patients.
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- The majestic Marannon, or Amazon River, rises out of the Lake Launcocha, situated in the province of Tarma, in 10° 14? south latitude, and ten leagues to the north of Pasco.
- At our heels all hell should rise / With blackest insurrection.
- No more shall nation against nation rise .
- A thought rose in me, which often perplexes men of contemplative natures.
- He, rising with small honour from Gunza,was gone.
- There chanced to the prince's hand to rise / An ancient book.
Synonyms
* (move upwards) climb, go up * (be resurrected) be resurrected, come back from the dead * climb, increase, go upAntonyms
* (move upwards) descend, drop, fall, sink * (of a celestial body) set * be reduced, decrease, drop, fall, go downCoordinate terms
* raiseEtymology 2
From the above verb.Noun
(en noun)- 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.
- The rise of the working class.
- The rise of the printing press.
- The rise of the feminists.
- The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed.
- The governor just gave me a rise of 2-pounds-6.
- I went along up the bank with one eye out for pap and t?other one out for what the rise might fetch along.
- I knew that would get a rise out of him.