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Elate vs Emote - What's the difference?

elate | emote |

In lang=en terms the difference between elate and emote

is that elate is to lift up; raise; elevate while emote is to display emotions openly, especially while acting.

As verbs the difference between elate and emote

is that elate is to make joyful or proud while emote is to display emotions openly, especially while acting.

As an adjective elate

is elated; exultant.

elate

English

Verb

(elat)
  • To make joyful or proud.
  • To lift up; raise; elevate.

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • elated; exultant
  • * Alexander Pope
    • O, thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate, / Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate .
  • * Mrs. H. H. Jackson
    • Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress.
  • (obsolete) Lifted up; raised; elevated.
  • * Fenton
    • with upper lip elate
  • * Sir W. Jones
    • And sovereign law, that State's collected will, / O'er thrones and globes, elate , / Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.

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    emote

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to display emotions openly, especially while acting
  • * 1999, Jack and Jill (TV, episode 1.07)
    • Clint Eastwood, huh? You don't see him emoting all over the place, and what woman doesn't want to get down with "Dirty Harry," huh?
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