The difference between Elevate and Promote

When used as verbs, elevate means to raise (something) to a higher position, whereas promote means to raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.

Elevate is also adjective with the meaning: elevated.

check bellow for the other definitions of Elevate and Promote

  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. Promote as a verb (transitive):

    To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.

    Examples:

    "He promoted his clerk to office manager."

  2. Promote as a verb (transitive):

    To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.

    Examples:

    "They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time."

    "They promoted the new film with giant billboards."

  3. Promote as a verb (transitive):

    To encourage, urge or incite.

  4. Promote as a verb (sports, usually in passive form):

    To elevate to the above league.

    Examples:

    "At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League."

  5. Promote as a verb (transitive, chemistry):

    To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.

  6. Promote as a verb (transitive, chess):

    To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.

    Examples:

    "Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen."

  7. Promote as a verb (intransitive, Singapore):

    To move on to a subsequent stage of education.

    Examples:

    "At the end of Primary 6 students can promote directly to the secondary section of SIS."

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