One soldier's face, carefully crafted in cast metal, is the unmistakable chiseled likeness of Dr. Rudy Moise, the wealthy Miami physician, lawyer, would-be movie star, and now candidate for U.S. Congress who paid $120,000 to commission the monument. Jaws drop.
Definition of elevate. elevated. ; elevating. transitive verb. 1 : to lift up or make higher : raise elevate a patient's leg exercises that elevate the heart rate. 2 : to raise in rank or status was elevated to chairman.
Elevator is something that elevates your position. That means your vertical position changes; normally the horizontal position remains unchanged. You may call it lift. Escalator is something that escalates, i.e. increases the intensity (of the staircase). You can step up in a running escaltor if you are in hurry, however in the elevator, you cant move faster than the elevator.