As to noun rate refers to 1.Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5" 2.The relative speed of progress or change "he works at a great rate" 3.A quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure the literacy rate"; "the retention rate"; "the dropout rate" As to verb 1.Assign a rank or rating to "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" 2.Be worthy of or have a certain rating "This bond rates highly" 3.Estimate the value of "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans" Rating may refers to 1.An appraisal of the value of something 2.Act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of 3.Standing or position on a scale 4.Rank in a military organization cowboy...

Usually if we use rate as a verb, it means to assess something's rating or level: 評價. Rating is a noun, meaning 評級. ( but careful － if you said, "I am rating" it would mean 我正在評價 ！ ) "rate" has different meanings. chinese is much more precise than english. in english, words have different meanings depending on the context. 等級 = rating (or maybe rate!) 率 = rate 速度 = speed (or rate!)

Rate (noun) - a quantity measured against another quantity. E.g.: refresh rate of a monitor (in scans per second = hertz). Rating (noun) - a classification according to order or grade; ranking. E.g.: a video game content rating system.

"Rate" is a verb and "rating" is a noun. Both are usually related to some sort of scale. Here are some examples: VERB: Please rate the quality of the food at this restaurant. (for example, on a scale of 1 to 10, how good was the food?) NOUN: This restaurant has a very good rating. (meaning other people have already rated the quality of the restaurant very high.) Rate can also be a noun. For example, "this hotel has very high room rates". Here the rate is the published amount that the room costs. Let me know if you have any questions.