Enrich vs Elevate - What's the difference?
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To make (someone) rich or richer.
To adorn, ornate more richly.
To improve the state of something.
To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.
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(physics) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.
To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify
To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.
To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
To ennoble or honour/honor (someone).
To lift someone's spirits; to cheer up.
To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.
(dated, colloquial, humorous) To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
* Sir Walter Scott
(obsolete, Latinism) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
Enrich is a related term of elevate.
In lang=en terms the difference between enrich and elevate
is that enrich is to add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify while elevate is to increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.As verbs the difference between enrich and elevate
is that enrich is to make (someone) rich or richer while elevate is to raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.As an adjective elevate is
(obsolete) elevated; raised aloft.enrich
English
Verb
(es)- Hobbies enrich lives.
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Synonyms
* endowAntonyms
* impoverish * (to fertilize) impoverish * (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes) depleteDerived terms
* enricher * enrichmentAnagrams
* richenSee also
* look out for number one * every man for himself * feather one's nest/feather one's own nestelevate
English
Verb
(elevat)- to elevate the voice
- The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo.
- (Jeremy Taylor)
