elevate vs gather up

elevate and gather up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
elevate	No	No	Yes	No
gather up	No	No	Yes	No

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

elevate (verb)	gather up (verb)
raise in rank or condition	take and lift upward
raise from a lower to a higher position	gather or collect
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position