Confused Words : “Rise” vs “Raise”

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Confused Words : “Rise” vs “Raise”

RISE (Verb)

• Meaning: To go up by itself (no object).


• Forms: rise - rose - risen


• Used when something moves upward on its own.


• Examples:
  
  
  
  • The sun rises in the east.
  
  
  • Prices rose sharply last month.
  
  
  • The balloon rose into the sky.
  
  
  
  


• No one causes it - it happens naturally.

RAISE (Verb)

• Meaning: To lift or move something upward (needs an object).


• Forms: raise - raised - raised


• Used when someone or something causes the action.


• Examples:
  
  
  
  • She raised her hand to ask a question.
  
  
  • The company raised salaries last month.
  
  
  • They raised the flag during the ceremony.
  
  
  
  


• It always has an object - someone or something does the lifting.

Tip:                              

Rise = goes up by itself
Raise = you lift or increase something