Rise vs. Arise — What's the Difference?
By Fiza Rafique & Maham Liaqat — Updated on March 24, 2024
Rise refers to the action of moving upwards or achieving an elevated position, while arise implies the beginning or occurrence of something without a specified direction.
Difference Between Rise and Arise
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Key Differences
Rise often conveys a physical upward movement, such as the sun rising in the sky or a person standing up from a seated position. On the other hand, arise is more frequently used to denote the initiation or emergence of situations, problems, or opportunities, often metaphorically or abstractly without implying a specific direction of movement.
While rise can describe an increase in status, numbers, or intensity, such as a rise in temperature or a politician's rise to power, arise tends to focus on the origin or start of something, like questions arising from a discussion or challenges arising in a project.
In the context of daily speech and writing, "rise" is commonly used to describe things moving upwards or improving, as in stocks rising in value. Arise, whereas, is more nuanced, typically referring to the emergence of more abstract concepts, such as issues arising during negotiations.
Rise is also used in a literal sense to describe the act of getting up, for example, from a bed or chair. Arise, on the other hand, does not relate to physical movement and is instead used in contexts where something comes into being or appears.
In various contexts, rise might imply a response or a reaction to stimuli, such as a rise in demand due to a decrease in prices. Arise, in contrast, often denotes a more spontaneous or unforeseeable beginning, such as problems that arise unexpectedly during a project.
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Comparison Chart
Primary Usage
Moving upwards; increasing
Emerging; becoming apparent
Context
Physical and metaphorical (e.g., positions, numbers)
Mainly metaphorical (e.g., situations, problems)
Direction
Upwards or improvement
No specific direction; concept of beginning
Connotation
Improvement, elevation
Initiation, emergence
Examples
"The sun rises." "Prices rise."
"Questions arise." "Opportunities arise."
Compare with Definitions
Rise
To originate, stem.
The river rises in the mountains.
Arise
To get up from lying, sitting, or kneeling (less common).
He arose at dawn.
Rise
To move from a lower to a higher position.
The balloons rise into the air.
Arise
To come into being or attention.
The question of ethics arises in this case.
Rise
To stand up from sitting, lying, or kneeling.
She rose from her chair to greet them.
Arise
To begin to occur or to exist.
A problem arose during the experiment.
Rise
To rebel or revolt.
The people rose against the oppressive regime.
Arise
To emerge or become apparent.
The opportunity arose unexpectedly.
Rise
To increase in number, size, or importance.
Demand for the product has risen sharply.
Arise
To originate, stem.
The phrase arises from an old legal document.
Rise
To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
Arise
To get up, as from a sitting or prone position; rise.
Rise
To get out of bed
Rose at dawn.
Arise
To awaken and get up
Arose at dawn.
Rise
To move from a lower to a higher position; ascend
Hot air rises.
Arise
To move upward; ascend.
Rise
To increase in size, volume, or level
The river rises every spring.
Arise
To come into being; originate
Hoped that a new spirit of freedom was arising.
Rise
To increase in number, amount, or value
Prices are rising.
Arise
To result, issue, or proceed
Mistakes that arise from a basic misunderstanding. ].
Rise
To increase in intensity, force, or speed
The wind has risen.
Arise
To come up from a lower to a higher position.
To arise from a kneeling posture
Rise
To increase in pitch or volume
The sound of their voices rose and fell.
Arise
To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
He arose early in the morning.
Rise
To ascend above the horizon
The moon rose an hour after sunset.
Arise
To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.
A cloud arose and covered the sun.
Rise
To extend upward; be prominent
The tower rose above the hill.
Arise
(obsolete) Arising, rising.
Rise
To slant or slope upward
Denali rises to nearly 6,200 meters.
Arise
To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning.
Rise
To come into existence; originate
Bitterness that rose from hard experience.
Arise
To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise.
There arose up a new king . . . which knew not Joseph.
The doubts that in his heart arose.
Rise
To be erected
New buildings are rising in the city.
Arise
To proceed; to issue; to spring.
Whence haply mention may ariseOf something not unseasonable to ask.
Rise
To appear at the surface of the water or the earth; emerge.
Arise
Rising.
Rise
To puff up or become larger; swell up
The bread dough should rise to double its original size.
Arise
Come into existence; take on form or shape;
A new religious movement originated in that country
A love that sprang up from friendship
The idea for the book grew out of a short story
An interesting phenomenon uprose
Rise
To become stiff and erect
The hair rose on the cat's neck.
Arise
Originate or come into being;
Aquestion arose
Rise
To attain a higher status
An officer who rose through the ranks.
Arise
Rise to one's feet;
The audience got up and applauded
Rise
To become apparent to the mind or senses
Old fears rose to haunt me.
Arise
Occur;
A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion
Rise
To uplift oneself to meet a demand or challenge
She rose to the occasion and won the election.
Arise
Move upward;
The fog lifted
The smoke arose from the forest fire
The mist uprose from the meadows
Rise
To rebel
"the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government" (Abraham Lincoln).
Arise
Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
Rise
To close a session of an official assembly; adjourn.
Arise
Get up and out of bed;
I get up at 7 A.M. every day
They rose early
He uprose at night
Rise
To cause to rise
The dogs will rise the pheasants.
Rise
To cause (a distant object at sea) to become visible above the horizon by advancing closer.
Rise
The act of rising; an ascent.
Rise
The degree of elevation or ascent.
Rise
The first appearance of a celestial object as it ascends above the horizon.
Rise
An increase in height, as of the level of water.
Rise
A gently sloped hill.
Rise
A long broad elevation that slopes gently from the earth's surface or the ocean floor.
Rise
An origin, beginning, or source
The rise of the novel.
Rise
Occasion or opportunity
Facts that give rise to doubts about her motives.
Rise
The emergence of a fish seeking food or bait at the water's surface.
Rise
An increase in price, worth, quantity, or degree.
Rise
An increase in intensity, volume, or pitch.
Rise
Elevation in status, prosperity, or importance
The family's rise in New York society.
Rise
The height of a flight of stairs or of a single riser.
Rise
Chiefly British An increase in salary or wages; a raise.
Rise
(Informal) An angry or irritated reaction
Finally got a rise out of her.
Rise
The distance between the crotch and waistband in pants, shorts, or underwear.
Rise
(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
Rise
To move upwards.
We watched the balloon rise.
Rise
To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.
Rise
To slope upward.
The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.
Rise
(of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
The sun was rising in the East.
Rise
To become erect; to assume an upright position.
To rise from a chair or from a fall
Rise
To leave one's bed; to get up.
Rise
(figurative) To be resurrected.
He rose from the grave;
He is risen!
Rise
(figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
The committee rose after agreeing to the report.
Rise
(intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
Rise
To attain a higher status.
Rise
Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
Rise
To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
To rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence;
A story rises in interest.
Rise
To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
To rise a tone or semitone
Rise
To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
Rise
To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.
To rise to the occasion
Thus far, my intellect has been able to rise sufficiently to meet every academic challenge that I have encountered.
As Patrick continued to goad me, I felt my temper rising towards the limits of my self control.
Rise
To develop.
As hunger and despondency became more intense, a determination rose within me to find a way of getting off the desert island.
Rise
To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
Has that dough risen yet?
Rise
(of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
Rise
To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.
A noise rose on the air;
Odour rises from the flower
Rise
To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
Rise
To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
Rise
(transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
To rise a hill
Rise
(transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
To rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water
To rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it
Rise
(obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
Rise
To come; to offer itself.
Rise
To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
Rise
The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
The rise of the working class.
The rise of the printing press.
The rise of the feminists.
Rise
An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
Rise
Ellipsis of pay risean increase in wage or salary.
The governor just gave me a rise of two pound six.
Rise
The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed.
Rise
An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
Rise
(informal) A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
Making fun of their football team is one sure way to get a rise from a crowd.
She really got a rise from the audience when she donned a wig and talked like the president.
Rise
(architecture) The height of an arch or a step.
As the rise, i.e. height, of the arch decreases, the outward thrust increases.
Each step had a rise of 170 mm and a going of 250 mm.
Rise
Alternative form of rice
Rise
To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: - (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait.
Rise
To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like.
Rise
To have the aspect or the effect of rising.
Rise
To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air.
Rise
To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like.
Rise
To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax.
Rise
To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet.
Rise
To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin; the land rises to view to one sailing toward the shore.
Rise
To increase in power or fury; - said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion.
Rise
In various figurative senses.
Rise
To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer.
Rise
To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.
Rise
To become of higher value; to increase in price.
Bullion is risen to six shillings . . . the ounce.
Rise
To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
At our heels all hell should riseWith blackest insurrection.
No more shall nation against nation rise.
Rise
To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall.
Rise
To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs.
A scepter shall rise out of Israel.
Honor and shame from no condition rise.
Rise
To become larger; to swell; - said of a boil, tumor, and the like.
Rise
To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Rise
To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.
It was near nine . . . before the House rose.
Rise
To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.
He that would thrive, must rise by five.
Rise
To increase in intensity; - said of heat.
Rise
To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; - said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.
Rise
To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.
Rise
To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea.
Rise
To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.
Rise
To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
A thought rose in me, which often perplexes men of contemplative natures.
Rise
To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; - said of a form.
Rise
To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction.
Rise
To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.
Rise
To come; to offer itself.
There chanced to the prince's hand to riseAn ancient book.
Rise
To retire; to give up a siege.
He, rising with small honor from Gunza, . . . was gone.
Rise
To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.
Rise
To go up; to ascend; to climb; as, to rise a hill.
Rise
To cause to rise; as, to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water; to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it; to raise.
Until we rose the bark we could not pretend to call it a chase.
Rise
The act of rising, or the state of being risen.
Rise
The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step.
Rise
Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land.
Rise
Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.
All wickednes taketh its rise from the heart.
Rise
Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet.
Rise
Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.
The rise or fall that may happen in his constant revenue by a Spanish war.
Rise
Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.
The ordinary rises and falls of the voice.
Rise
Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.
Rise
The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.
Rise
A growth in strength or number or importance
Rise
The act of changing location in an upward direction
Rise
An upward slope or grade (as in a road);
The car couldn't make it up the rise
Rise
A movement upward;
They cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
Rise
The amount a salary is increased;
He got a 3% raise
He got a wage hike
Rise
The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
Rise
A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
Rise
(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost;
The emanation of the Holy Spirit
The rising of the Holy Ghost
The doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son
Rise
An increase in cost;
They asked for a 10% rise in rates
Rise
Increase in price or value;
The news caused a general advance on the stock market
Rise
Move upward;
The fog lifted
The smoke arose from the forest fire
The mist uprose from the meadows
Rise
Increase in value or to a higher point;
Prices climbed steeply
The value of our house rose sharply last year
Rise
Rise to one's feet;
The audience got up and applauded
Rise
Rise up;
The building rose before them
Rise
Come to the surface
Rise
Become more extreme;
The tension heightened
Rise
Come into existence; take on form or shape;
A new religious movement originated in that country
A love that sprang up from friendship
The idea for the book grew out of a short story
An interesting phenomenon uprose
Rise
Be promoted, move to a better position
Rise
Go up or advance;
Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
Rise
Get up and out of bed;
I get up at 7 A.M. every day
They rose early
He uprose at night
Rise
Rise in rank or status;
Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
Rise
Increase in volume;
The dough rose slowly in the warm room
Rise
Become heartened or elated;
Her spirits rose when she heard the good news
Rise
Exert oneself to meet a challenge;
Rise to a challenge
Rise to the occasion
Rise
Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
Rise
Come up, of celestial bodies;
The sun also rises
The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
Jupiter ascends
Common Curiosities
What does "rise" mean?
Rise means to move upwards or to increase in numbers, status, or intensity.
Can "rise" and "arise" be used interchangeably?
Not usually, as "rise" often refers to upward movement or increase, while "arise" is about the onset of something.
How is "rise" used in a sentence?
"The sun rises in the east."
Is "arise" associated with physical movement?
Less commonly; it is primarily used to denote the beginning of non-physical entities like issues or opportunities.
Can "arise" be used for opportunities?
Yes, it often refers to opportunities that come into being unexpectedly.
What does "arise" mean?
Arise means to begin to occur, emerge, or become apparent, often referring to situations or problems.
How is "arise" used in a sentence?
"The need for a new strategy arose after the meeting."
What is a common context for using "rise"?
Describing the upward movement or growth, like in financial contexts or physical elevation.
Does "arise" imply spontaneity?
Often, it denotes situations or challenges that come about unexpectedly.
Is "rise" applicable to personal achievements?
Yes, it can describe someone's advancement or elevation in status or position.
Is "rise" only used literally?
No, it can also be used metaphorically to indicate an increase or improvement in condition or status.
Can "rise" indicate a reaction?
Yes, such as a rise in demand in response to a price drop.
What is a common context for using "arise"?
Discussing the emergence of abstract concepts like problems or questions.
Can "rise" refer to rebellion?
Yes, it can describe the act of revolting against authority.
What distinguishes "rise" from "arise" in terms of origin?
"Rise" can denote the source or beginning of a river, whereas "arise" might refer to the origin of phrases or concepts.
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