The difference between Elevate and Lord

When used as verbs, elevate means to raise (something) to a higher position, whereas lord means domineer or act like a lord.


Elevate is also adjective with the meaning: elevated.

Lord is also noun with the meaning: the master of the servants of a household.

check bellow for the other definitions of Elevate and Lord

  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. Lord as a noun (obsolete):

    The master of the servants of a household; the master of a feudal manor The male head of a household, a father or husband. The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession

  2. Lord as a noun (historical):

    One possessing similar mastery over others; any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron) A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones

  3. Lord as a noun:

    One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~) The magnates of a trade or profession

  4. Lord as a noun (astrology):

    The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.

  5. Lord as a noun (British, slang, obsolete):

    A hunchback.

  6. Lord as a noun (British, Australian, via [[Cockney rhyming slang]], obsolete):

    Sixpence.

  1. Lord as a verb (intransitive, and, transitive):

    Domineer or act like a lord.

  2. Lord as a verb (transitive):

    To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.