fostering vs raising

fostering and raising both are nouns.

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

As nouns, fostering and raising are synonyms defined as:

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

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

fostering (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

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