Escalate vs Worsen - What's the difference?
escalate | worsen |
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
To make worse; to impair.
* The global warming has worsened the weather.
* Southey
To become worse; to get worse.
* The weather has worsened .
(obsolete) To get the better of; to worst.
As verbs the difference between escalate and worsen
is that escalate is to increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up while worsen is to make worse; to impair.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
* deescalateworsen
English
Verb
(en verb)- It is apparent that, in the particular point of which we have been conversing, their condition is greatly worsened .