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Raising vs Racing - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between raising and racing

is that raising is present participle of lang=en while racing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between raising and racing

is that raising is elevation while racing is the sport of competing in races.

raising

English

Verb

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    • 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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    racing

    English

    (wikipedia racing)

    Noun

  • The sport of competing in races.
  • * 1870 , Delabere Pritchett Blaine, An encyclopaedia of rural sports (page 231)
    • Chariot racings are probably, however, those in which the horse first distinguished himself as a courser, and we believe our earliest notices on the subject point to those of Persia, which were practised at the sacrifices made to the sun

    Derived terms

    * auto racing * car racing * automobile racing * motor racing * horse racing * drag racing * street racing

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