Raise / lift

I think a crane 'lifts' a vehicle. 'Raise' is probably applicable when the object doesn't lose contact to the ground (or something like that)

I think lift is correct

The objective of this procedure is to show you how to lift a vehicle using a two-post hoist. The lifting capacity of the hoist you are using must be rated for a vehicle weight greater than that of the vehicle you are intending to lift. Check the hoist rating and compare it with the weight given in the vehicle service manual.
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The verbs lift and raise have a roughly similar meaning, to put something at a higher elevation, but they are generally not used synonymously. A crane lifts things. A jack raises things. You would raise the Titanic, not lift it, out of the depths where it now lies. You would raise a vehicle that ran off the road into a pond. You lift weights (barbells) not raise them. You ask: "how much we

Oh, thank you, Anony.

Is there anything else which lifts things, like a crane does? Is there anything else which raises things, as a jack does?

A helicopter will lift an injured man. A pump will raise water out of a river to irrigate a farm. Note the conceptual difference between the words: there is a kind of crudeness" to lift as compared to raise. A man, a crane, a helicopter lifts, which is conceptually a brute force method of elevating something. A jack and a pump raise things - there is more mechanical mechanical here, instead o