Ascension vs Ascend - What's the difference?
ascension | ascend |
The act of ascending; an ascent.
That which rises, as from distillation.
* Sir Thomas Browne
To move upward, to fly, to soar.
To slope in an upward direction.
To go up.
To succeed.
(figurative) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
Ascend is a related term of ascension.
As a noun ascension
is the act of ascending; an ascent.As a proper noun Ascension
is entering heaven while still alive.As a verb ascend is
to move upward, to fly, to soar.ascension
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Noun
(en noun)- The ascension of the hot-air balloon gave us a better view.
- vaporous ascensions from the stomach
Anagrams
* ----ascend
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(wikipedia ascend)Verb
(en verb)- He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.
- The road ascends the mountain.
- You ascend the stairs and take a right.
- She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.
- Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.