Difference between Elevate and Raise

What is the difference between Elevate and Raise?

Elevate as a verb is to raise (something) to a higher position; to lift. while Raise as a verb is to cause to rise.

Elevate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift. To promote (someone) to a higher rank. To ennoble or honour/honor (someone). To lift someone's spirits; to elate. To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.

Example sentence: The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

Raise

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An increase in wages or salary; a rise .A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.A bet which increased the previous bet.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause to rise.To collect.To bring up; to grow.To respond to an initial bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).To exponentiate, to involute.To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.

Example sentence: Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.

We hope you now know whether to use Elevate or Raise in your sentence.

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