different between boost vs facilitate

English

Etymology

Of unknown origin. The verb is first recorded 1815; the noun, 1825. Compare Scots boost (“to move; drive off; shoo away”), bost, boast (“to threaten; scold”), Middle English boosten, bosten (“to threaten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?st/
• Rhymes: -u?st

Noun

boost (plural boosts)

1. A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
2. Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.

3. (physics) A coordinate transformation that changes velocity.
4. (automotive engineering) A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.

Derived terms

• battery booster
• booster
• boosterism

Translations

Verb

boost (third-person singular simple present boosts, present participle boosting, simple past and past participle boosted)

1. (transitive) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.
2. (transitive, by extension) To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.

   This campaign will boost your chances of winning the election.

3. (slang, transitive) To steal.
   • 1978, Harold J. Vetter, Ira J. Silverman, The Nature of Crime (page 296)

     It is not at all unusual or suspicious for a woman to spend a good deal of the day out shopping, and feminine clothing styles often make it relatively easy for a female shoplifter to conceal "boosted" merchandise on her person.

4. (Canada, transitive) To jump-start a vehicle by using cables to connect the battery in a running vehicle to the battery in a vehicle that won't start.
   • 1980, Popular Mechanics (volume 154, number 4, page 152)

     It's easy to boost a dead battery, but this can be dangerous if it's done the wrong way.

   • 2004, "Doug Mitchell", how to connect for boost? (on newsgroup alt.autos.gm)

     If I want to use the charged Montana battery to boost my old Summit where do I connect the negative cable on the good battery of the Montana?
5. (transitive, medicine) To give a booster shot to.
6. (transitive, engineering) To amplify; to signal boost.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

• overboost
• upboost

Translations

Anagrams

• Boots, boots, botos

English

Etymology

From French faciliter, from Latin facilis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??s?l?te?t/, /f??s?l?te?t/

Verb

facilitate (third-person singular simple present facilitates, present participle facilitating, simple past and past participle facilitated)

1. To make easy or easier.
2. To help bring about.
3. To preside over (a meeting, a seminar).

Synonyms

• (to make easy or easier): ease

Related terms

Translations

Italian

Verb

facilitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of facilitare
2. second-person plural imperative of facilitare
3. feminine plural of facilitato

Anagrams

• felicitata

Latin

Noun

facilit?te

1. ablative singular of facilit?s

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin facilitas through French facilité

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fat?ili?tate]

Noun

facilitate f (plural facilit??i)

1. facility

Declension