Deepen vs Elevate - What's the difference?
deepen | elevate |
To make deep or deeper
To make darker or more intense; to darken
To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree
To make lower in tone
To become deeper
To become darker or more intense
To become lower in tone
To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.
To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
To ennoble or honour/honor (someone).
To lift someone's spirits; to cheer up.
To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.
(dated, colloquial, humorous) To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
* Sir Walter Scott
(obsolete, Latinism) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
In lang=en terms the difference between deepen and elevate
is that deepen is to become lower in tone while elevate is to increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.As verbs the difference between deepen and elevate
is that deepen is to make deep or deeper while elevate is to raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.As an adjective elevate is
(obsolete) elevated; raised aloft.deepen
English
Verb
(en verb)- They deepened the well by 200 feet.
- The event deepened the prevailing gloom.
- News of her death deepened my sorrow.
- The tuner deepened the tone of the organ.
- The water deepens as you go toward the middle of the channel.
- The crisis deepened in the following weeks.
- His voice deepened with age.
Anagrams
* English ergative verbselevate
English
Verb
(elevat)- to elevate the voice
- The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo.
- (Jeremy Taylor)
