Escalate vs Expidite - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between escalate and expidite

is that escalate is to increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up while expidite is .

(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.

* deescalate

(expidit)