List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 333

SYNONYMS: rise, ascend, climb, soar, tower, mount, surge.
These verbs are compared as they mean to move upward from a lower to a higher position.

Rise has the widest range of application: We rose at dawn. The sun rises early in the summer. Fog was rising from the pond. Prices rise and fall.
Ascend frequently suggests a gradual step-by-step rise: The plane took off and ascended steadily until it was out of sight.
Climb connotes steady, often effortful progress, as against gravity: You climb up through the little grades and then get to the top.
Soar implies effortless ascent to a great height: A lone condor soared above the Andean peaks.
To tower is to attain a height or prominence exceeding that of anything in the surroundings: Bach's gifts towered over those of his contemporaries.
Mount in this comparison connotes progressive climb to a higher level: Water mounted in the ship's hold. The blood mounted to her cheeks. Our expenses mounted fearfully.
Surge implies a tumultuous swelling or heaving force like that of waves: The crowd of pedestrians surged ahead when the light turned green. I could feel indignation surging up in me