Promising vs Rising - What's the difference?
promising | rising |
Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
Encouraging and inspiring confidence.
The act of making a promise.
* 1992 , Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
rebellion
The act of something that rises.
(US, dated) A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment.
going up
(US, slang, dated) More than; exceeding; upwards of.
As adjectives the difference between promising and rising
is that promising is showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion while rising is going up.As verbs the difference between promising and rising
is that promising is while rising is .As nouns the difference between promising and rising
is that promising is the act of making a promise while rising is rebellion.As a preposition rising is
(us|slang|dated) more than; exceeding; upwards of.promising
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".
rising
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- the risings and fallings of a thermometer
- salt rising'''; milk '''rising
Adjective
(-)Preposition
(English prepositions)- a horse rising six years of age