Relate vs Elate - What's the difference?
relate | elate |
To tell in a descriptive way.
To give an association.
To make a connection or correlation from one thing to another.
* 2002 , Paul Light, Karen Littleton, Learning with Computers: Analysing Productive Interactions (page 92)
To have a connection.
To interact.
To respond through reaction.
To identify with, understand.
(obsolete) To bring back; to restore.
* Spenser
To make joyful or proud.
To lift up; raise; elevate.
elated; exultant
* Alexander Pope
* Mrs. H. H. Jackson
(obsolete) Lifted up; raised; elevated.
* Fenton
* Sir W. Jones
As verbs the difference between relate and elate
is that relate is while elate is to make joyful or proud.As an adjective elate is
elated; exultant.relate
English
Verb
(relat)- The use of video made it possible to relate' the talk to the answers given to particular problems in the test. With this research design it was possible to ' relate changes in test score measures to changes in linguistic features
- I find it difficult to relate to others because i'm extremely introverted .
- Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again / Both light of heaven and strength of men relate .
Synonyms
* chronicle * describe * divulge * recount * stateelate
English
Verb
(elat)Adjective
(head)- O, thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate, / Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate .
- Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress.
- with upper lip elate
- And sovereign law, that State's collected will, / O'er thrones and globes, elate , / Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.