Alleviate vs. Elevate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Alleviate and Elevate
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Definitions
Alleviate
Make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe
Measures to alleviate unemployment
He couldn't prevent her pain, only alleviate it
Elevate
Raise or lift (something) to a higher position
The exercise will naturally elevate your chest and head
Alleviate
To make (pain, for example) less intense or more bearable
A drug that alleviates cold symptoms.
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
Alleviate
To lessen or reduce
Alleviate unemployment.
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Elevate
To move (something) to a higher place or position from a lower one; lift.
Alleviate
(transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty .
Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day.
Alleviate his pain
Elevate
To increase the amount or intensity of
Factors that elevate blood pressure.
Alleviate
To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.
Should no others join capable to alleviate the expense.
Those large bladders . . . conduce much to the alleviating of the body [of flying birds].
Elevate
To promote to a higher rank.
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Alleviate
To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; - opposed to aggravate.
The calamity of the want of the sense of hearing is much alleviated by giving the use of letters.
Elevate
To raise to a higher moral, cultural, or intellectual level
Elevate the tone of the debate.
Alleviate
To extenuate; to palliate.
He alleviates his fault by an excuse.
Elevate
To lift the spirits of; elate.
Alleviate
Provide physical relief, as from pain;
This pill will relieve your headaches
Elevate
(Baseball) To throw a high pitch, usually a fastball, after a series of lower pitches, especially in an attempt to get a strikeout.
Alleviate
Make easier;
You could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge
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
