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Escalate vs Escalade - What's the difference?

escalate | escalade |

As verbs the difference between escalate and escalade

is that escalate is to increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up while escalade is to scale the walls of a fortification.

As a noun escalade is

an act of scaling walls or fortifications.

escalate

English

Verb

(transitive'' and ''intransitive )
  • to increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up
    • Violence escalated during the election.
    The shooting escalated the existing hostility.
  • in technical support, to transfer a telephone caller to the next higher level of authority
    • The tech 1 escalated the caller to a tech 2.

    Derived terms

    * deescalate

    Related terms

    * escalator English ergative verbs

    escalade

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of scaling walls or fortifications
    • An escalade was required for the warriors to attack the troops.

    Verb

    (escalad)
  • (military, dated) To scale the walls of a fortification.

    • Derived terms

    * escalader ----