Skyrocket vs Escalate - What's the difference?
skyrocket | escalate |
A type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc.
(by extension) A rebuke, a scolding.
(rhyming slang) Pocket.
To increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.
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to increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up
in technical support, to transfer a telephone caller to the next higher level of authority
As verbs the difference between skyrocket and escalate
is that skyrocket is to increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike while escalate is to increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.As a noun skyrocket
is a type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc.skyrocket
English
Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia skyrocket)Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.}}
- The shortage caused prices to skyrocket .
Antonyms
* plummetescalate
English
Verb
(transitive'' and ''intransitive )- Violence escalated during the election.
- The shooting escalated the existing hostility.
- The tech 1 escalated the caller to a tech 2.