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Raisin vs Raising - What's the difference?

raisin | raising |

As nouns the difference between raisin and raising

is that raisin is a dried grape while raising is elevation.

As a verb raising is

present participle of lang=en.

raisin

English

(wikipedia raisin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dried grape.

    • Usage notes

    In the USA, raisin refers to any kind of dried grape. In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, raisin' is reserved for the dried large dark grape, with '''sultana''' meaning the dried large white grape, and ' currant meaning the dried small Black Corinth grape.

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    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.

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