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Levitate vs Aloft - What's the difference?

levitate | aloft |

As a verb levitate

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

As an adverb aloft is

in the air; in the sky.

levitate

English

Verb

(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 .

    aloft

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • in the air; in the sky
  • high winds aloft
  • above, overhead, in a high place; up
  • * 1883 , :
  • Someone's turned the chest out alow and aloft .
  • * 1954 , :
  • He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down, replacing the blade in the sheath.
  • (nautical) in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.
  • * 1859 , , The Red Rover: A Tale :
  • I think you said something concerning the manner in which yonder ship has anchored, and of the condition they keep things alow and aloft ?

    See also

    * alow

    Anagrams

    * float

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