elevation vs ridge

elevation and ridge both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
elevation	Yes	No	No	No
ridge	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, ridge is a hyponym of elevation; that is, ridge is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than elevation:

Other hyponyms of elevation include highland, upland, hill, mount, mountain, foreland, head, headland, promontory, swell.

elevation (noun)	ridge (noun)
the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something	a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
drawing of an exterior of a structure	any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)	a long narrow natural elevation or striation
(ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump	a long narrow range of hills
the event of something being raised upward	a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
a raised or elevated geological formation	any long raised strip
angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

elevation (verb)	ridge (verb)
	form into a ridge
	spade into alternate ridges and troughs
	throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides
	plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
	extend in ridges