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Rising vs Excrescence - What's the difference?

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Rising is a related term of excrescence.


As nouns the difference between rising and excrescence

is that rising is rebellion while excrescence is something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.

As a verb rising

is .

As an adjective rising

is going up.

As a preposition rising

is (us|slang|dated) more than; exceeding; upwards of.

rising

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • rebellion
  • The act of something that rises.
  • the risings and fallings of a thermometer
  • (US, dated) A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment.
  • salt rising'''; milk '''rising

    Adjective

    (-)
  • going up
  • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (US, slang, dated) More than; exceeding; upwards of.
  • a horse rising six years of age
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    excrescence

    English

    Noun

    (s)
  • Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
  • A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct
  • (phonetics) epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [?w?rmp?] (adding a [p] between [m] and [?]), or .
  • Antonyms

    * (phonetic) anaptyxis

    Hypernyms

    * (phonetic) epenthesis

    Hyponyms

    * (phonetic) linking consonant

    See also

    * (phonetic) intervocalic

    References