Contextual usage of 漲 and 長

[bhchao]

長 and 漲 have the same pronunciation and have almost the same meaning. The difference between the two is that the former is used to refer to growth, like a plant or human growing, while the latter refers to growth in prices or real estate.

Are there any other contexts in which 漲 can be used?

[xiaocai]

To describe the expansion of something related to water, as you can tell from its radical, like 涨水.

It can also means to swell when it reads zhàng.

Both meaning can be used figuratively, such as in 情绪高涨, 脸红筋涨.

[skylee]

長 and 漲 have the same pronunciation and have almost the same meaning.

Well they don't share the same pronunciation, at least to me. But then I am a Cantonese speaker.

長 has more that one pronunciation in Mandarin (chang2, zhang3) and has multiple meanings. 漲 also has more than one pronunciation (zhang3, zhang4). My dictionary says zhang3 is for "to rise up", and zhang4 is for "to swell (I guess multi-dimensional)", "to fill", "to exceed".