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Abase vs. Elevate — What's the Difference?

Abase vs. Elevate — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Abase and Elevate

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Abase

To lower in rank, prestige, or esteem.

Elevate

Raise or lift (something) to a higher position
The exercise will naturally elevate your chest and head

Abase

(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.

Elevate

Raise to a more important or impressive level
He has elevated bad taste into an art form
He was elevated to Secretary of State

Abase

To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
To abase the eye
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Elevate

To move (something) to a higher place or position from a lower one; lift.

Abase

To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.

Elevate

To increase the amount or intensity of
Factors that elevate blood pressure.

Abase

To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
Saying so, he abased his lance.

Elevate

To promote to a higher rank.

Abase

To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade.
Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased.

Elevate

To raise to a higher moral, cultural, or intellectual level
Elevate the tone of the debate.

Abase

Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of;
He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss

Elevate

To lift the spirits of; elate.

Elevate

(Baseball) To throw a high pitch, usually a fastball, after a series of lower pitches, especially in an attempt to get a strikeout.

Elevate

(transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position.
The doctor told me elevating my legs would help reduce the swelling.

Elevate

(transitive) To promote (someone) to a higher rank.

Elevate

(transitive) To confer honor or nobility on (someone).
The traditional worldview elevates man as the pinnacle of creation.

Elevate

(transitive) To make (something or someone) more worthy or of greater value.
A talented chef can elevate everyday ingredients into gourmet delights.

Elevate

(transitive) To direct (the mind, thoughts, etc.) toward more worthy things.

Elevate

(transitive) To increase the intensity or degree of (something).
Some drugs have the side effect of elevating your blood sugar level.

Elevate

(dated) To increase the loudness of (a sound, especially one's voice).

Elevate

To lift the spirits of (someone)

Elevate

To intoxicate in a slight degree; to make (someone) tipsy.

Elevate

To attempt to make (something) seem less important, remarkable, etc.

Elevate

(obsolete) Elevated; raised aloft.

Elevate

Elevated; raised aloft.

Elevate

To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.

Elevate

To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.

Elevate

To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.

Elevate

To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.

Elevate

To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; - said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.

Elevate

To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.

Elevate

To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.

Elevate

Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position;
John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired
Women tend not to advance in the major law firms
I got promoted after many years of hard work

Elevate

Raise from a lower to a higher position;
Raise your hands
Lift a load

Elevate

Raise in rank or condition;
The new law lifted many people from poverty

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