Difference between Elevator and Lift

What is the difference between Elevator and Lift?

Elevator as a noun is platform used for the moving of people and/or goods up and down in buildings. while Lift as a noun is air.

Elevator

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Platform used for the moving of people and/or goods up and down in buildings. A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controling the pitching motion of the machine. Trademark for a type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.

Example sentence: Once you choose to enter a WeWork, you choose to be part of something more 'we' than 'me.' People start coming together. They'll see each other in the elevator; they talk in the stairways. There's a thousand other things they do.

Lift

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To raise.To steal.To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: air.the sky; the heavens, firmament; the atmosphere.An act of lifting or raising.The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.(measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.A thief.The lifting of a dance partner into the air.

Example sentence: I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift.

We hope you now know whether to use Elevator or Lift in your sentence.

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