2006-06-13 18:25:41 · 11 answers · asked by caramel 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Now Elevator & Lift are used for the same mechanism that is used to transport people and/or objects up and/or down between floors or levels of buildings and structures. Here in the US, we use the word elevator and over in the UK, they use the word Lift. The word elevator also means the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend. Moreover the word elevator is more correct, because it refers to going up and down and lift refers to going up. However the words elevate and lift are Synonyms of each other (they share the same meaning).
2006-06-13 19:10:17 · answer #1 · answered by visit_from_mars 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Elevator and lift are basically the same word. Lift is used in England to mean elevator. Here in the U.S.A if you use the word lift it means a ride.
2006-06-13 18:31:15 · answer #2 · answered by J L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Elevator' in North America (US & Canada); 'lift' in the British Isles (UK, Ireland, & Channel Islands). I'm not sure what the terminology is in India and Oceania; most likely they follow the British usage, though this is the kind of thing that changes over time. The more American films English speakers watch, the more comfortable people will be with American usage. Not that they'll necessarily begin actively to use 'elevator' instead of 'lift'; however, most will recognize the terms as synonymous, while most Americans might not. In the US, the noun 'lift' usually means either a ride in a car or something one puts in one's shoes to make himself/herself appear taller.
2006-06-13 18:30:06 · answer #3 · answered by Ron C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elevator is the term in the USA; lift in the UK. Though lift can be used in a lot of different ways. To direct or carry from a lower to a higher position, raise: lift one's eyes, lifted the suitcase. The helicopter lifted the entire team to the meet. To revoke by taking back; rescind: lifted the embargo. To uplift; elate: Your telephone call really lifted my spirits.
2006-06-13 18:40:54 · answer #4 · answered by visionssofaraway 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elevator is the appropriate term in the USA; lift in the UK(England).
2006-06-13 18:29:20 · answer #5 · answered by Mannie H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elevator is used in USA and lift is used in England,
2006-06-13 19:09:44 · answer #6 · answered by siminyadegar 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we usually call elevators elevators here in the good old USA. We call elevators lifts in the UK. We also call equipment elevators used in building construction lifts.
2006-06-13 18:30:00 · answer #7 · answered by RODIN 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use elevator in the US, lift in England. They're the same device in both countries.
2006-06-15 11:16:21 · answer #8 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe lift is used in London, like the loo is the bathroom.
2006-06-13 18:29:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
These words are to be used while climbing up, instead of staircase we can go by elevetor or lift.
2006-06-13 18:28:39 · answer #10 · answered by sanju 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋