lift vs boost

lift and boost both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lift	Yes	No	Yes	No
boost	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, boost is a hyponym of lift; that is, boost is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lift:

lift (noun)	boost (noun)
the act of raising something	the act of giving hope or support to someone
plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised	the act of giving a push
the act of giving temporary assistance	an increase in cost
a ride in a car
transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
the event of something being raised upward
a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

lift (verb)	boost (verb)
perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face	increase or raise
remove from a surface	give a boost to; be beneficial to
put an end to	push or shove upward, as if from below or behind
remove (hair) by scalping	increase
rise upward, as from pressure or moisture	contribute to the progress or growth of
invigorate or heighten
raise in rank or condition
remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
take off or away by decreasing
cancel officially
call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
make audible
take hold of something and move it to a different location
raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
take (root crops) out of the ground
fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
raise from a lower to a higher position
move upwards
move upward
make off with belongings of others
take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
pay off (a mortgage)
take illegally
rise up