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As verbs the difference between race and rise

is that race is while rise is (label) to move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.

As an adjective race

is distinguished; classy.

As a noun rise is

the process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.

race

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) , (etyl) and (etyl) (m).

Noun

(racing)
  • A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Several horses run in a horse race , and the first one to reach the finishing post wins
  • The race around the park was won by Johnny, who ran faster than the others.
    We had a race to see who could finish the book the quickest.
  • * 2012 November 2, Ken Belson, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/sports/new-york-city-marathon-will-not-be-held-sunday.html?hp&_r=0]," New York Times (retrieved 2 November 2012):
  • After days of intensifying pressure from runners, politicians and the general public to call off the New York City Marathon in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, city officials and the event’s organizers decided Friday afternoon to cancel the race .
  • A progressive movement toward a goal.
  • A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
  • Swift progress; rapid course; a running.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • The flight of many birds is swifter than the race of any beasts.
  • Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
  • * Milton
  • My race' of glory run, and ' race of shame.
  • Travels, runs, or journeys. (rfex)
  • The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.
  • Derived terms
    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    Verb

    (rac)
  • To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
  • To compete against in such a race.
  • To move or drive at high speed.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author= Chico Harlan
  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Japan pockets the subsidy … , passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}
  • Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
  • * 1891 (December) (Arthur Conan Doyle), The Man with the Twisted Lip :
  • "My mind is like a racing engine, tearing itself to pieces because it is not connected up with the work for which it was built."

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), of uncertain origin. According to philologist Gianfranco Contini,Devoto, Giacomo, Avviamento all'etimologia italiana , Mondadori. the Italian word comes from (etyl) (m) . Some authorities suggest derivation from (etyl) (m), (m), from earlier (m), . This, however, is difficult to support, since Italian (m) predates the Spanish word.Diez, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der romanischen Sprachen, "Razza." Another possible source is (etyl) . A fourth possibility is that the Italian razza'' derives from (etyl) ratio through an unattested intermediate form *''razzo .

    Noun

    (wikipedia race)
  • A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common heritage or characteristics:
  • # A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
  • #* 1913', Martin Van Buren Knox, ''The religious life of the Anglo-Saxon '''race
  • # A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
  • Race was a significant issue during apartheid in South Africa.
  • # (controversial usage) One of the categories from the many subcategorizations of the human species. See Wikipedia's article on .
  • #* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author=(Jan Sapp) , title=Race Finished , volume=100, issue=2, page=164 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race'. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by ' race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?}}
  • The Native Americans colonized the New World in several waves from Asia, and thus they are considered part of the same Mongoloid race .
  • # A large group of sentient beings distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage .
  • A treaty was concluded between the race''' of elves and the '''race of men.
  • #* 1898 , Herman Isidore Stern, The gods of our fathers: a study of Saxon mythology , page 15)
  • There are two distinct races of gods known to Norse mythology[.]
  • (biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; (an informal term for) a subspecies.
  • A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
  • * Shakespeare
  • For do but note a wild and wanton herd, / Or race of youthful and unhandled colts, / Fetching mad bounds.
  • (figuratively) A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with an implied parallel to animal breeding or evolutionary science).
  • The advent of the Internet has brought about a new race of entrepreneur.
    Recent developments in artificial intelligence has brought about a new race of robots that can perform household chores without supervision.
  • Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.
  • * Shakespeare
  • a race of heaven
  • * Massinger
  • Is it [the wine] of the right race ?
  • Characteristic quality or disposition.
  • * Shakespeare
  • And now I give my sensual race the rein.
  • * Sir W. Temple
  • Some great race of fancy or judgment.
    Synonyms
    * * *
    Derived terms
    (Terms derived from the noun "race") * * * * * *

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl), from (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
  • * 1842 , Gibbons Merle, The Domestic Dictionary and Housekeeper's Manual , page 433:
  • On the third day after this second boiling, pour all the syrup into a pan, put the races of ginger with it, and boil it up until the syrup adheres to the spoon.

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    Anagrams

    * (l), (l) * (l)

    References

    * '' Diez, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der romanischen Sprachen, "Razza." * Notes: English terms with multiple etymologies ----

    rise

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) risen, from (etyl) . See also (l). (cognates) Cognate with (etyl) rize, (etyl) .

    Verb

  • (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.
  • #* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) , ,
  • 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.
  • # To become erect; to assume an upright position.
  • # To leave one's bed; to get up.
  • #* Old proverb
  • He that would thrive must rise by five.
  • # (figurative) To be resurrected.
  • # (figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
  • #* (1800-1859)
  • It was near ninebefore the House rose .
  • (label) To increase in value or standing.
  • # To attain a higher status.
  • #* (rfdate) (Augustus Hare) (1834-1903)
  • among the rising theologians of Germany
  • #* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
  • # Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
  • #* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The rise of smart beta , passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}
  • # To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
  • #*
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
  • # To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
  • To begin; to develop.
  • # To develop.
  • #* '>citation
  • 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.
  • # To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
  • # (of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
  • #* 1802 December 1, “Interesting description of the Montanna Real”, in The Monthly magazine, or, British register , Number 94 (Number 5 of Volume 14), page 396:
  • 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.
  • # 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)
  • At our heels all hell should rise / With blackest insurrection.
  • #* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • No more shall nation against nation rise .
  • # To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
  • #* Spectator
  • A thought rose in me, which often perplexes men of contemplative natures.
  • (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
  • * (Richard Knolles) (1545-1610)
  • He, rising with small honour from Gunza,was gone.
  • To come; to offer itself.
  • * (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • There chanced to the prince's hand to rise / An ancient book.
  • (printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
  • Synonyms
    * (move upwards) climb, go up * (be resurrected) be resurrected, come back from the dead * climb, increase, go up
    Antonyms
    * (move upwards) descend, drop, fall, sink * (of a celestial body) set * be reduced, decrease, drop, fall, go down
    Coordinate terms
    * raise

    Etymology 2

    From the above verb.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
  • 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 process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
  • The rise of the working class.
    The rise of the printing press.
    The rise of the feminists.
  • (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.
  • The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed.
  • (UK, Ireland, Australia) An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise.
  • The governor just gave me a rise of 2-pounds-6.
  • (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.
  • * 1884 , (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) , ,
  • I went along up the bank with one eye out for pap and t?other one out for what the rise might fetch along.
  • An angry reaction.
  • I knew that would get a rise out of him.
    Synonyms
    * (increase in pay) raise
    Antonyms
    * fall
    Derived terms
    * earthrise * get a rise out of * moonrise * on the rise * pay rise * sunrise * take the rise

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