Raise vs Protrude - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between raise and protrude

is that raise is (label) to cause to rise; to lift or elevate while protrude is to extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.

As a noun raise

is (us) an increase in wages or salary; a rise (uk).

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.

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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

protrude

English

Verb

(protrud)

To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.

Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes .

To thrust forward; to drive or force along.

(John Locke)

To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.

* Thomson

When Spring protrudes the bursting gems.

Derived terms

* protrudable * protrudent * protrusible * protrusion