Elevate vs Escalate - What's the difference?
elevate | escalate |
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 (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
As verbs the difference between elevate and escalate
is that elevate is to raise (something) to a higher position; to lift while escalate is to increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.As an adjective elevate
is elevated; raised aloft.elevate
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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
* * ----escalate
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Verb
(transitive'' and ''intransitive )- Violence escalated during the election.
- The shooting escalated the existing hostility.
- The tech 1 escalated the caller to a tech 2.