fosterage vs raising

fosterage and raising both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fosterage	Yes	No	No	No
raising	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, fosterage and raising are synonyms defined as:

fosterage and raising: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

Other synonyms of fosterage include breeding, bringing up, fostering, nurture, rearing, upbringing.

fosterage (noun)	raising (noun)
helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community	helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
encouragement; aiding the development of something	the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
	the event of something being raised upward

fosterage (adjective)	raising (adjective)
	increasing in quantity or value