Deescalate vs Escalate - What's the difference?
deescalate | escalate | Derived terms |
to increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up
in technical support, to transfer a telephone caller to the next higher level of authority
Escalate is a derived term of deescalate.
As verbs the difference between deescalate and escalate
is that deescalate is to decrease in intensity or magnitude while escalate is to increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.escalate
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(transitive'' and ''intransitive )- Violence escalated during the election.
- The shooting escalated the existing hostility.
- The tech 1 escalated the caller to a tech 2.