Espouse vs. Promote

Espouseverb

(transitive) To become/get married to.

Promoteverb

(transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.

‘He promoted his clerk to office manager.’;

Espouseverb

(transitive) To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).

Promoteverb

(transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.

‘They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time.’; ‘They promoted the new film with giant billboards.’;

Espouseverb

To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.

‘A virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph.’;

Promoteverb

(transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.

Espouseverb

To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.

‘Lavinia will I make my empress, . . . And in the sacred Pantheon her espouse.’;

Promoteverb

To elevate to the above league.

‘At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League.’;

Espouseverb

To take to one's self with a view to maintain; to make one's own; to take up the cause of; to adopt; to embrace.

‘Promised faithfully to espouse his cause as soon as he got out of the war.’;

Promoteverb

To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.

Espouseverb

choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;

‘She followed the feminist movement’; ‘The candidate espouses Republican ideals’;

Promoteverb

To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.

‘Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen.’;

Espouseverb

take in marriage

Promoteverb

To move on to a subsequent stage of education.

‘At the end of Primary 6 students can promote directly to the secondary section of SIS.’;

Espouseverb

take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own;

‘She embraced Catholocism’; ‘They adopted the Jewish faith’;

Promoteverb

To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture.

Espouseverb

adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life)

‘she espoused the causes of justice and freedom for all’;

Promoteverb

To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer.

‘I will promote thee unto very great honor.’; ‘Exalt her, and she shall promote thee.’;

Espouseverb

marry

‘Edward had espoused the lady Grey’;

Promoteverb

To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person.

Espouseverb

(of a woman) be engaged to (a particular man)

‘a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph’; ‘she was secretly espoused to his son, Peter’;

Promoteverb

contribute to the progress or growth of;

‘I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom’;

Promoteverb

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’;

Promoteverb

make publicity for; try to sell (a product);

‘The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model’; ‘The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops’;

Promoteverb

be changed for a superior chess or checker piece

Promoteverb

change a pawn for a king by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it the row closest to your opponent