Elevate vs. Cultivate

Elevateverb

(transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.

Cultivateverb

To grow plants, notably crops

‘Most farmers in this region cultivate maize.’;

Elevateverb

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

Cultivateverb

To nurture; to foster; to tend.

‘They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.’;

Elevateverb

(transitive) To ennoble or honour/honor (someone).

Cultivateverb

To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.

Elevateverb

(transitive) To lift someone's spirits; to cheer up.

Cultivateverb

To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

Elevateverb

(transitive) To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.

‘to elevate the voice’;

Cultivateverb

To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.

‘Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature.’;

Elevateverb

To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.

Cultivateverb

To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.

‘I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated him accordingly.’;

Elevateverb

To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.

Cultivateverb

To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.

‘To cultivate the wild, licentious savage.’; ‘The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end.’;

Elevateadjective

(obsolete) Elevated; raised aloft.

Cultivateverb

To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.

Elevateadjective

Elevated; raised aloft.

Cultivateverb

foster the growth of

Elevateverb

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

Cultivateverb

prepare for crops;

‘Work the soil’; ‘cultivate the land’;

Elevateverb

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

Cultivateverb

train to be discriminative in taste or judgment;

‘Cultivate your musical taste’; ‘Train your tastebuds’; ‘She is well schooled in poetry’;

Elevateverb

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

Cultivateverb

adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;

‘domesticate oats’; ‘tame the soil’;

Elevateverb

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

Elevateverb

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

Elevateverb

To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.

Elevateverb

To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.

Elevateverb

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’;

Elevateverb

raise from a lower to a higher position;

‘Raise your hands’; ‘Lift a load’;

Elevateverb

raise in rank or condition;

‘The new law lifted many people from poverty’;

Elevateverb

raise or lift (something) to a higher position

‘the exercise will naturally elevate your chest and head’;

Elevateverb

(of a priest) hold up (a consecrated host or chalice) for adoration

‘she ordered the bishop celebrating Mass in her chapel not to elevate the Host’;

Elevateverb

raise the axis of (a piece of artillery) to increase its range

‘the field guns were elevated twenty degrees’;

Elevateverb

raise to a more important or impressive level

‘he has elevated bad taste into an art form’; ‘he was elevated to Secretary of State’;

Elevateverb

increase the level of (something)

‘the therapy can elevate serum amylase levels’;