The difference between Elevate and Lift

Elevate as a verb (transitive):

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

Elevate as a verb (transitive):

To promote (someone) to a higher rank.

Elevate as a verb (transitive):

To ennoble or honour/honor (someone).

Elevate as a verb (transitive):

To lift someone's spirits; to cheer up.

Elevate as a verb (transitive):

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

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

To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.

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

To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.

Elevate as an adjective (obsolete):

Elevated; raised aloft.

Lift as a noun (UK, _, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland):

Air.

Lift as a noun (UK, _, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland):

The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.

Lift as a verb (ambitransitive):

To raise or rise.

Lift as a verb (transitive, slang):

To steal. (for this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic "thief", cognate with and Greek )

Lift as a verb (transitive):

To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).

Lift as a verb (transitive):

To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)

Lift as a verb (transitive):

to cause to move upwards.

Lift as a verb (informal, intransitive):

To lift weights; to weight-lift.

Lift as a verb:

To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

Lift as a verb:

To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.

Lift as a verb (obsolete):

To bear; to support.

Lift as a verb:

To collect, as moneys due; to raise.

Lift as a verb (computing, programming):

To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.

Lift as a verb (finance):

To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.

Lift as a noun:

An act of lifting or raising.

Lift as a noun:

The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.

Lift as a noun (British, Australia, New Zealand):

Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.

Lift as a noun:

An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.

Lift as a noun (measurement):

the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.

Lift as a noun (historical, _, slang):

A thief.

Lift as a noun (dance):

The lifting of a dance partner into the air.

Lift as a noun:

Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.

Lift as a noun:

An improvement in mood.

Lift as a noun:

The space or distance through which anything is lifted.

Lift as a noun:

A rise; a degree of elevation.

Lift as a noun:

A lift gate.

Lift as a noun (nautical):

A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

Lift as a noun (engineering):

One of the steps of a cone pulley.

Lift as a noun:

(shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.

Lift as a noun:

(horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.