Difference between Raise and Parent

What is the difference between Raise and Parent?

Raise as a noun is an increase in wages or salary; a rise . while Parent as a noun is one of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.

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: If I were to be Miss Universe, I will use my voice to influence the youth and I would raise awareness to certain causes like HIV awareness that is timely and relevant to my country which is the Philippines.

Parent

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To act as parent, to raise or rear.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child. (adoptive parent, foster parent)An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.The source or origin of something.A group from which another group is formed, or which completely controls a subordinate group. (parent company)The object from which a child or derived object is descended.

Example sentence: When you lose a parent, you realize how vital they are to the foundation of your life. It's impossible to understand what it means until that curtain is pulled. You're an orphan. But then I think that life is kind of remarkable, and the thing that causes the biggest pain can also bring amazing energy.

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

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