different between elevation vs upliftment

English

From Old French elevation, from Latin elevatio, equal to elevate +? -ion.

elevation (countable and uncountable, plural elevations)

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation to sainthood; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character
The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.
That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.
A hill is an elevation of the ground.
(astronomy) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.
the elevation of the pole, or of a star
The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.
The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.
The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.
(architecture) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.
(Christianity) The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.

uplift +? -ment

upliftment (countable and uncountable, plural upliftments)

Lifting up; elevation or promotion.
- 1993, Amit Goswami, Richard E Reed, Maggie Goswami, The self-aware universe: how consciousness creates the material world
  We turn to the spirit because the material world has nothing to offer us; we declare spiritual upliftments to be the highest virtues.
- 2002, David Theo Goldberg, The racial state
  Intermarriage, he apparently thought, would produce racial upliftment, biologically as much as spiritually and culturally, through generational enhancement.

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