How to say "enhance" in Japanese

• 高めるたかめるJLPT N2approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers the core sense of enhance: to raise or boost something, such as quality, ability, value, or effect. It implies actively lifting something to a higher level and is the usual everyday choice for this meaning.
  その小説しょうせつは彼かれの名声めいせいを更さらに高たかめた。↗

  The novel added to his reputation.
• 引き立てるひきたてる
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers the narrower sense of enhancing by setting something off to advantage, making it look or seem better by contrast or association, as one thing flatters another. It is a less common word for enhance and fits that specific nuance.

Use 「高める」 for actively raising or boosting the level, quality, or value of something; use 「引き立てる」 only for setting something off to advantage, making it stand out favorably.

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• 高めるたかめるto raise
• 引き立てるひきたてるto set off to advantage