Heighten vs Inflate - What's the difference?
heighten | inflate | Related terms |
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,
*: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.
To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
* J. Scott of Amwell
To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
(figurative) To swell; to puff up.
* Tennyson
To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
Heighten is a related term of inflate.
As verbs the difference between heighten and inflate
is that heighten is to make high; to raise higher; to elevate while inflate is to enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally.heighten
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Employment rise gives chancellor a boost'', published in ''The Guardian Online , 6 December 2006
inflate
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(inflat)- You inflate a balloon by blowing air into it.
- When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, / Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes.
- The balloon will inflate if you blow into it.
- to inflate somebody with pride or vanity
- Inflate themselves with some insane delight.