Elevate vs Augment - What's the difference?
elevate | augment |
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.
To increase; to make larger or supplement.
(reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
(music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
(music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
(grammar) To add an augment to.
(grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e-'' (''a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
In lang=en terms the difference between elevate and augment
is that elevate is to increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound while augment is to increase; to make larger or supplement.As verbs the difference between elevate and augment
is that elevate is to raise (something) to a higher position; to lift while augment is to increase; to make larger or supplement.As an adjective elevate
is (obsolete) elevated; raised aloft.As a noun augment is
(grammar) in some indo-european languages, a prefix e-'' (''a- in sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.elevate
English
Verb
(elevat)- to elevate the voice
- The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo.
- (Jeremy Taylor)
Synonyms
* (raise) lift, raise * (promote) promote, exalt * (ennoble) ennoble, honour/honor, exalt * (elate) cheer up, elate * (increase the intensity of) increase, raise, turn up, up (informal)Antonyms
* (raise) drop, lower * (promote) demote * (elate) depress, sadden * (increase the intensity of) decrease, diminish, lower, reduce, turn downExternal links
* * ----augment
English
Verb
(en verb)- The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.