self-aggrandizement vs elevation

elevation vs self-aggrandizement

self-aggrandizement and elevation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
self-aggrandizement	Yes	No	No	No
elevation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, elevation is a hypernym of self-aggrandizement; that is, elevation is a word with a broader meaning than self-aggrandizement:

self-aggrandizement: an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance
elevation: the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something

Other hypernyms of self-aggrandizement include aggrandisement, aggrandizement.

self-aggrandizement (noun)	elevation (noun)
an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance	the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
	drawing of an exterior of a structure
	distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
	(ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump
	the event of something being raised upward
	a raised or elevated geological formation
	angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
	the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

Difference between self-aggrandizement and elevation

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