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Exaltation vs Promotion - What's the difference?

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Exaltation is a related term of promotion.


As nouns the difference between exaltation and promotion

is that exaltation is the act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation while promotion is granting of a doctorate,.

exaltation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
  • The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
  • (astrology) That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence.
  • *1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 483:
  • *:He often stood there in a muse until dusk fell, and then darkness, while once in a while the moon, ‘in her exaltation ’ as the astrologers say, rose to remind him that such worldly musings meant nothing to the hostile universe without.
  • (rare) The collective noun for larks.
  • * 1989 , Ronald K. Siegel, Intoxication: The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances , Park Street Press (2009), ISBN 1594770697, page 192:
    • In a sense, the editorial cartoons were correct when they suggested that an exaltation of larks can fly under the influence into an aspect of vulturous behavior.
  • * 2005 , Lucille Bellucci, Journey from Shanghai , iUniverse (2005), ISBN 0594343732, page 83:
    • “I'd like to think of my father being lifted to God in an exaltation of larks.”
  • * 2005 , Linda Bird Francke, On the Road with Francis of Assisi: A Timeless Journey Through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond , Random House (2006), ISBN 9780345469663, page 232:
    • It is said that an exaltation of larks, which had assembled on the roof of Francis's hut, suddenly—and inexplicably—took to the air just after sunset, wheeling and singing.
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    promotion

    English

    (wikipedia promotion)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An advancement in rank or position.
  • (marketing) Dissemination of positive information about a product, product line, brand, or company.
  • * 1995 , Cladocera as Model Organisms in Biology (ISBN 079233471X), page 63:
    • By simple promotion and remotion, assisted by some flexure and extension, the distal spines of each would reach and scratch the substratum and, on remotion, sweep coarse particles posteriorly and dorsally.
  • * 2008 , John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology (ISBN 1402062427), volume 4, page 3326:
    • In other arthropods, promotion'-remotion of the leg is accomplished at other joints. For example, in spiders ' promotion -remotion occurs at the coxa-trochanter joint, insects utilize the body-coxa joint, and

    Derived terms

    * promotional