depute vs elevate

depute and elevate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
depute	No	No	Yes	No
elevate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, elevate is a hyponym of depute; that is, elevate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than depute:

depute: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
elevate: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

depute (verb)	elevate (verb)
transfer power to someone	raise in rank or condition
appoint as a substitute	raise from a lower to a higher position
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)	give a promotion to or assign to a higher position