levitate vs elevate

levitate and elevate both are verbs.

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

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

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

levitate (verb)	elevate (verb)
be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity	raise in rank or condition
cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity	raise from a lower to a higher position
	give a promotion to or assign to a higher position