Raiser vs. Riser: What's the Difference?
Raiser and Riser Definitions
Raiser
To move to a higher position; elevate
Raised the loads with a crane.
Riser
One who rises, especially from sleep
A late riser.
Raiser
To set in an upright or erect position
Raise a flagpole.
Riser
The vertical part of a stair step.
Raiser
To erect or build
Raise a new building.
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Riser
A platform, as for elevating a group of people above a crowd, often arranged with similar platforms in tiers.
Raiser
To cause to arise, appear, or exist
The slap raised a welt.
Riser
Someone or something which rises.
Raiser
To increase in size, quantity, or worth
Raise an employee's salary.
Riser
A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.
The choir stood on risers for the performance.
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Raiser
To increase in intensity, degree, strength, or pitch
Raised his voice.
Riser
The vertical part of a step on a staircase.
Raiser
To improve in rank or dignity; promote
Raised her to management level.
Riser
(archery) The main body of a bow.
Raiser
To grow, especially in quantity; cultivate
Raise corn and soybeans.
Riser
A vertical utility conduit, pipe or path between floors of a building for placement of cables (e.g. telephone, networking), or to convey fluids (e.g. gas, water).
Raiser
To breed and care for to maturity
Raise cattle.
Riser
A pipe connecting an individual exhaust port of an internal combustion engine to the muffler, particularly on aircraft.
Raiser
To bring up; rear
Raise children.
Riser
A Manx cat with a showable short tail.
Raiser
To accustom to something from an early age
"a post-World War II generation raised on shopping malls and multiplex cinemas" (Gustav Niebuhr).
Riser
A strip of webbing joining a parachute's harness to the rigging lines.
Raiser
To put forward for consideration
Raised an important question. See Synonyms at broach1.
Riser
A reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent the formation of cavities in the casting as the metal shrinks on cooling.
Raiser
To voice; utter
Raise a shout.
Riser
One who rises; as, an early riser.
Raiser
To awaken; arouse
Noise that would raise the dead.
Riser
The upright piece of a step, from tread to tread.
Raiser
To stir up; instigate
Raise a revolt.
Riser
A shaft excavated from below upward.
Raiser
To bring about; provoke
Remarks intended to raise a laugh.
Riser
A person who rises (especially from bed);
He's usually a late riser
Raiser
To make contact with by radio
Couldn't raise the control tower after midnight.
Riser
A vertical pipe in a building
Raiser
To gather together; collect
Raise money from the neighbors for a charity.
Riser
Structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step
Raiser
To cause (dough) to puff up.
Raiser
To end (a siege) by withdrawing troops or forcing the enemy troops to withdraw.
Raiser
To remove or withdraw (an order).
Raiser
To increase (a poker bet).
Raiser
To bet more than (a preceding bettor in poker).
Raiser
To increase the bid of (one's bridge partner).
Raiser
(Nautical) To bring into sight by approaching nearer
Raised the Cape.
Raiser
To alter and increase fraudulently the written value of (a check, for example).
Raiser
To cough up (phlegm).
Raiser
(Scots) To make angry; enrage.
Raiser
To increase a poker bet or a bridge bid.
Raiser
The act of raising or increasing.
Raiser
An increase in salary.
Raiser
A person or thing that raises.
She is a raiser of gerbils.
Raiser
A kind of armchair with a standing-up system.
Raiser
(architecture) The upright board on the front of a step in a flight of steps.
Raiser
One who, or that which, raises (in various senses of the verb).
Raiser
A bridge partner who increases the partner's bid
Raiser
Someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil