Subserve vs Promote - What's the difference?
subserve | promote | Related terms |
To serve to promote (an end); to be useful to.
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To assist in carrying out.
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To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
To encourage, urge or incite
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To elevate to the above league.
(label) To increase the activity of a catalyst by changing its surface structure
(label) To exchange a pawn for a queen or other piece when it reaches the 8th rank
Subserve is a related term of promote.
As verbs the difference between subserve and promote
is that subserve is to serve to promote (an end); to be useful to while promote is to raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.subserve
English
Verb
(en-verb)- 'Tis a greater credit to know the ways of captivating Nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the intrigues of policy.
promote
English
Verb
(promot)- He promoted his clerk to office manager.
- Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen.
- They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time.
- They promoted the new film with giant billboards.
- At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League.