What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Mounting vs Raising - What's the difference?

mounting | raising |

As verbs the difference between mounting and raising

is that mounting is while raising is .

As nouns the difference between mounting and raising

is that mounting is something mounted; an attachment while raising is elevation.

As an adjective mounting

is that continues to mount; steadily accumulating.

mounting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • that continues to mount; steadily accumulating.
    • mounting debts

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something mounted; an attachment.
  • The act of one who mounts.
  • * 1834 , John Dunmore Lang, An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales
    • The stage we had now commenced was eighteen miles in length; but the frequent mountings and dismountings, to climb or to descend the rocky sides of the mountains, made it appear much longer.

    raising

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Elevation.
  • Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity
  • Recruitment.
  • Collection or gathering, especially of money.
  • (US) The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
    • to help at a raising
  • The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.

    • Anagrams

    * * *