The difference between Elevate and Increase

When used as verbs, elevate means to raise (something) to a higher position, whereas increase means (of a quantity, etc.) to become larger or greater.

Elevate is also adjective with the meaning: elevated.

Increase is also noun with the meaning: an amount by which a quantity is increased.

check bellow for the other definitions of Elevate and Increase

  1. Elevate as a verb (transitive):

    To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.

  2. Elevate as a verb (transitive):

    To promote (someone) to a higher rank.

  3. Elevate as a verb (transitive):

    To ennoble or honour/honor (someone).

  4. Elevate as a verb (transitive):

    To lift someone's spirits; to cheer up.

  5. Elevate as a verb (transitive):

    To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.

    Examples:

    "to elevate the voice"

  6. Elevate as a verb (dated, colloquial, humorous):

    To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.

  7. Elevate as a verb (obsolete, [[Latinism]]):

    To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Jeremy Taylor"

  1. Elevate as an adjective (obsolete):

    Elevated; raised aloft.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Milton"

  1. Increase as a verb (intransitive):

    (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.

    Examples:

    "His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money."

  2. Increase as a verb (transitive):

    To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.

  3. Increase as a verb:

    To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.

  4. Increase as a verb (astronomy, intransitive):

    To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.

    Examples:

    "The Moon increases."

  1. Increase as a noun:

    An amount by which a quantity is increased.

  2. Increase as a noun:

    For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger

  3. Increase as a noun (knitting):

    The creation of one or more new stitches; see .

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