Difference between Raise and Lift

What is the difference between Raise and Lift?

Raise as a noun is an increase in wages or salary; a rise . while Lift as a noun is air.

Raise

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An increase in wages or salary; a rise . A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance. A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward. A bet which increased the previous bet.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause to rise. To collect. To bring up; to grow. To respond to an initial bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand. To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property). To exponentiate, to involute. To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.

Example sentence: You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.

Lift

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To raise.To steal.To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: air.the sky; the heavens, firmament; the atmosphere.An act of lifting or raising.The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.(measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.A thief.The lifting of a dance partner into the air.

Example sentence: What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

We hope you now know whether to use Raise or Lift in your sentence.

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