Gravitate vs Levitate - What's the difference?

In intransitive terms the difference between gravitate and levitate

is that gravitate is to move under the force of gravity while levitate is to be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.

(gravitat)

To move under the force of gravity.

* 1712 , Sir , Creation; a philosophical poem in seven books , book II:

The?e, who have nature's ?teps with care pur?ued,
That matter is with ac&

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That all its parts magnetic power exert,
And to each other gravitate , a??ert.

(figuratively) To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity.

Children naturally gravitate to such a big, friendly man.

* 1776 , , Wealth of Nations :

The natural price, therefore, is, as it were, the central price, to which the prices of all commodities are continually gravitating .

* 1923 , , "J.B. Runs Things":

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

(levitat)

To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.

The magician levitated the woman.

To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.

The guru claimed that he could levitate .