The difference between Lift and Uplift
When used as nouns, lift means air, whereas uplift means the act or result of being uplifted.
When used as verbs, lift means to raise or rise, whereas uplift means to raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
check bellow for the other definitions of Lift and Uplift
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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"
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Uplift as a verb:
To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
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Uplift as a verb (aviation, travel):
to be accepted for carriage on a flight.
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Uplift as a noun:
The act or result of being uplifted.
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Uplift as a noun (geology):
A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
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Uplift as a noun (colloquial):
A brassiere that raises the breasts.