raise vs raze
Definitions
verb
- raise the level or amount of something
- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- invigorate or heighten
noun
- the act of raising something
- increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
- the amount a salary is increased
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
Examples
My generation was raised on a diet of stultifyingly tedious, but worthy accounts of embryology, typically very badly printed on what appeared to be rice paper.
I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog.
Now comes the news that her shifty lawyer father has only 48 hours to raise a lot of money or face financial ruin and imprisonment.
Definitions
verb
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
Examples
I felt that weird shifting movement and a feathery light object grazed my bare skin.
A painful red stroke appeared on her chest as the sword grazed her skin.
The contacts for the USB connector are even gold-plated to ensure better conductivity, according to Razer.
