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Extol vs Heighten - What's the difference?

extol | heighten |

As verbs the difference between extol and heighten

is that extol is to praise; to make high while heighten is to make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

extol

English

Verb

(extoll)
  • To praise; to make high.

    • Synonyms

    * belaud * flatter

    heighten

    English

    Verb

  • To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
  • To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
  • :to heighten beauty
  • :to heighten a flavor or a tint.
  • * 2006 , Ashley Seager, Employment rise gives chancellor a boost'', published in ''The Guardian Online , 6 December 2006
  • *:If Mr Brown chooses, he could raise his estimate of the economy's "trend" rate of growth in the coming years and so heighten his hopes of tax revenues.