Difference between rise and raise

What’s the difference between raise and rise?

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Another pair of verbs in the English language that cause confusion.

Raise is a regular verb – raised is the past

Rise is an irregular verb – rose is the past and risen is the past participle

Raise – to lift, push or move upwards

• The English gentleman raised his hat as a sign of respect for Mr. Crawley
• In the high jump competition they raised the bar to 2.05 metres
• After the old lady fell we helped to raise her to her feet

Rise – when a person or thing moves itself to higher position

• In December the sun rises around 9.00am
• The river rose to a dangerous level.
• The price of coffee has risen by 15% in the last year
• The bread I made yesterday didn’t rise!
• I don’t think my salary is going to rise next year.

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