The difference between Elevate and Sadden

When used as verbs, elevate means to raise (something) to a higher position, whereas sadden means to make sad or unhappy.

Elevate is also adjective with the meaning: elevated.

check bellow for the other definitions of Elevate and Sadden

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.

Examples:

"to elevate the voice"
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.

Examples:

"rfquotek Jeremy Taylor"

Elevate as an adjective (obsolete):

Elevated; raised aloft.

Examples:

"rfquotek Milton"

Sadden as a verb (transitive):

To make sad or unhappy.

Examples:

"It saddens me to think that I might have hurt someone."
Sadden as a verb (intransitive, rare):

To become sad or unhappy.
Sadden as a verb (transitive, rare):

To darken a color during dyeing.
Sadden as a verb (transitive):

To render heavy or cohesive.