Escalate vs Escalator - What's the difference?
escalate | escalator | Related terms |
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
A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.
An upward or progressive course.
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An escalator clause.
Escalator is a related term of escalate.
Escalate is a related term of escalator.
As a verb escalate
is to increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.As a noun escalator is
a motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.escalate
English
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.
Derived terms
* deescalateescalator
English
Noun
(en noun)- They agreed to a cost-of-living escalator .