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Elate vs Enliven - What's the difference?

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Elate is a related term of enliven.


In lang=en terms the difference between elate and enliven

is that elate is to lift up; raise; elevate while enliven is to make more lively, cheerful or interesting.

As verbs the difference between elate and enliven

is that elate is to make joyful or proud while enliven is (obsolete|transitive) to give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.

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.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    enliven

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.
  • To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
  • The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other.

    Synonyms

    * liven * liven up

    Derived terms

    * enlivener * enlivenment

    See also

    * animate * brighten * cheer up * invigorate * quicken * vitalize

    References