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
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Elevate as a verb (transitive):
To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.
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Elevate as a verb (transitive):
To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
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Elevate as a verb (transitive):
To ennoble or honour/honor (someone).
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Elevate as a verb (transitive):
To lift someone's spirits; to cheer up.
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Elevate as a verb (transitive):
To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.
Examples:
"to elevate the voice"
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Elevate as a verb (dated, colloquial, humorous):
To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
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Elevate as a verb (obsolete, [[Latinism]]):
To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
Examples:
"rfquotek Jeremy Taylor"
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Elevate as an adjective (obsolete):
Elevated; raised aloft.
Examples:
"rfquotek Milton"
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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
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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
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Lord as a noun:
One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~) The magnates of a trade or profession
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Lord as a noun (astrology):
The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.
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Lord as a noun (British, slang, obsolete):
A hunchback.
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Lord as a noun (British, Australian, via [[Cockney rhyming slang]], obsolete):
Sixpence.
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Lord as a verb (intransitive, and, transitive):
Domineer or act like a lord.
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Lord as a verb (transitive):
To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.
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- elevate vs lift
- elevate vs raise
- drop vs elevate
- elevate vs lower
- elevate vs promote
- elevate vs exalt
- demote vs elevate
- elevate vs ennoble
- elevate vs honour
- elevate vs honor
- elevate vs exalt
- elevate vs increase
- elevate vs raise
- elevate vs turn up
- elevate vs up
- decrease vs elevate
- diminish vs elevate
- elevate vs lower
- elevate vs reduce
- elevate vs turn down
- cheer up vs elevate
- elate vs elevate
- depress vs elevate
- elevate vs sadden
- drighten vs lord
- lord vs possessor
- lord vs proprietor
- lord vs sovereign
- elevate vs lord
- ennoble vs lord
- invest vs lord