rate vs upgrade

upgrade vs rate

rate and upgrade both are nouns.

rate and upgrade both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rate	Yes	No	Yes	No
upgrade	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

rate: assign a rank or rating to
upgrade: rate higher; raise in value or esteem

Other hyponyms of rate include superordinate, shortlist, seed, reorder, subordinate, prioritise, prioritize, sequence, downgrade.

rate (noun)	upgrade (noun)
the relative speed of progress or change	the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)
amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis	hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure	the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit	a reservation that is improved
	software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
	an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

rate (verb)	upgrade (verb)
assign a rank or rating to	to improve what was old or outdated
estimate the value of	give better travel conditions to
be worthy of or have a certain rating	get better travel conditions
	rate higher; raise in value or esteem
	give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

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