Enlighten vs Elevate - What's the difference?
enlighten | elevate |
To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth.
To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding.
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.
As verbs the difference between enlighten and elevate
is that enlighten is to supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth while elevate is to raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.As an adjective elevate is
(obsolete) elevated; raised aloft.enlighten
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(en verb)Antonyms
* endarkenelevate
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(elevat)- to elevate the voice
- The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo.
- (Jeremy Taylor)