To think there's no difference between shouting and raising one's voice?

[GinsanityBeckons]

Just that really. Shouting is raising one's voice, isn't it? If asked to stop shouting the response "I wasn't shouting I was raising my voice" is a bit wanky.

AIBU to think the two are one and the same?

Completely different. I've shouted at dd maybe 8 times in her whole life. I've raised my voice more

I agree with pps. They are not the same thing and that shouting is raising your voice, but not all raising your voice is shouting.

There's a difference.

Shouting is usually driven by emotion, and uses the throat.

Actors have to raise their voices by controlling their diaphragms to be heard across a theatre. If they shouted, they would lose / damage their voices.

Both mean more volume.

Using more volume does not necessarily have an emotion-driven cause.

But the listener may decide to label it as shouting.

So the question is, what lies beneath your question?

Definitely a difference. Teachers will project their voices loudly to be heard over a loud class or distance over a distance such as a school hall. Shouting distorts the usual tones of speech, and may include other features such as excessive spraying of spit or going red in the face from effort.

Whispering can be loud. I used to love whispering loudly over a quiet class to point out that I could hear the whispering at the back

The number of teenagers that moan that you're shouting when talking at normal conversation level is astounding