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Escalated vs Ascended - What's the difference?

escalated | ascended |

As verbs the difference between escalated and ascended

is that escalated is (escalate) while ascended is (ascend).

escalated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (escalate)

    • 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

    ascended

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ascend)
    • ----

    ascend

    English

    (wikipedia ascend)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move upward, to fly, to soar.
    • He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.
  • To slope in an upward direction.
    • The road ascends the mountain.
  • To go up.
    • You ascend the stairs and take a right.
  • To succeed.
    • She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.
  • (figurative) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
    • Our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity.

    Antonyms

    * descend

    Related terms

    * ascent * ascendant * ascendance * ascendancy/ascendency * ascending * ascender * ascension * descend * transcend

    External links

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