heighten vs elevate

heighten and elevate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, elevate is a hypernym of heighten; that is, elevate is a word with a broader meaning than heighten:

Other hypernyms of heighten include bring up, get up, lift, raise.

heighten (verb)	elevate (verb)
increase the level of	raise in rank or condition
become more extreme	raise from a lower to a higher position
make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity	give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
make more intense, stronger, or more marked
make (one's senses) more acute
increase the height of