kick up vs elevate

kick up is a noun but elevate is not a noun.

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

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

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

kick up (noun)	elevate (noun)
raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground; a first movement in doing a handstand

kick up (verb)	elevate (verb)
cause to rise by kicking	raise in rank or condition
evoke or provoke to appear or occur	raise from a lower to a higher position
	give a promotion to or assign to a higher position