The difference between Elevator and Lift
When used as nouns, elevator means anything that raises or uplifts, whereas lift means air.
Lift is also verb with the meaning: to raise or rise.
check bellow for the other definitions of Elevator and Lift
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Elevator as a noun:
Anything that raises or uplifts.
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Elevator as a noun (US):
A permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically, used to transport people and goods.
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Elevator as a noun:
A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator)
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Elevator as a noun (aeronautics):
A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controling the pitching motion of the machine.
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Elevator as a noun:
A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
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Elevator as a noun (anatomy):
Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
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Elevator as a noun:
A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.
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Lift as a noun (UK, _, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland):
Air.
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Lift as a noun (UK, _, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland):
The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
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Lift as a verb (ambitransitive):
To raise or rise.
Examples:
"The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear."
"You never lift a finger to help me!"
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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 )
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Lift as a verb (transitive):
To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
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Lift as a verb (transitive):
To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
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Lift as a verb (transitive):
to cause to move upwards.
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Lift as a verb (informal, intransitive):
To lift weights; to weight-lift.
Examples:
"She lifts twice a week at the gym."
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Lift as a verb:
To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
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Lift as a verb:
To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
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Lift as a verb (obsolete):
To bear; to support.
Examples:
"rfquotek Edmund Spenser"
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Lift as a verb:
To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
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Lift as a verb (computing, programming):
To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
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Lift as a verb (finance):
To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
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Lift as a noun:
An act of lifting or raising.
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Lift as a noun:
The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
Examples:
"He gave me a lift to the bus station."
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Lift as a noun (British, Australia, New Zealand):
Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
Examples:
"Take the lift to the fourth floor."
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Lift as a noun:
An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
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Lift as a noun (measurement):
the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
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Lift as a noun (historical, _, slang):
A thief.
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Lift as a noun (dance):
The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
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Lift as a noun:
Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
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Lift as a noun:
An improvement in mood.
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Lift as a noun:
The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
Examples:
"rfquotek Francis Bacon"
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Lift as a noun:
A rise; a degree of elevation.
Examples:
"the lift of a lock in canals"
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Lift as a noun:
A lift gate.
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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.
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Lift as a noun (engineering):
One of the steps of a cone pulley.
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Lift as a noun:
(shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
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Lift as a noun:
(horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
Examples:
"rfquotek Saunier"