different between rising vs outbreak

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?z??/

Verb

rising

1. present participle of rise

Noun

rising (plural risings)

1. Rebellion.
2. The act of something that rises.

   the risings and fallings of a thermometer

3. (US, dated) A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment.

   salt rising; milk rising

Translations

Adjective

rising (not comparable)

1. Going up.
2. Planned or destined to advance to an academic grade in the near future, after having completed the previous grade; soon-to-be.

Antonyms

• (going up): falling

Related terms

• rise

Translations

Preposition

rising

1. (US, slang, dated) More than; exceeding; upwards of.

   a horse rising six years of age

Anagrams

• siring

English

Etymology

From Middle English outbreken, oute-breken, from Old English ?t?brecan (“to break out”), equivalent to out- +? break. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutbreeke (“to break out; burst out”), West Frisian útbrekke (“to break out”), Dutch uitbreken (“to break out, burst out”), German ausbrechen (“to break out, erupt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?tb?e?k/
• Hyphenation: out?break

Noun

outbreak (plural outbreaks)

1. An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.

   Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic.

2. (figuratively) An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.

   There has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street.

3. A sudden increase.

   There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school.

4. A geological layer that breaks out.

Synonyms

• (figurative outburst): outburst, tumult

Antonyms

• inbreak

Translations

Verb

outbreak (third-person singular simple present outbreaks, present participle outbreaking, simple past outbroke, past participle outbroken)

1. (intransitive) To burst out.
2. (intransitive) To break forth.

See also

• breakout

Anagrams

• break out, breakout, kabouter, outbrake