Difference between Escalate and Aggravate

ESCALATE vs AGGRAVATE: VERB

Increase in extent or intensity
In technical support, to transfer a telephone caller to the next higher level of authority
To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up

To increase in intensity, extent, or amount.
To increase, enlarge, or intensify.
To pass (a transaction or case) on to a higher level in an organizational hierarchy.

To make worse or more troublesome.
To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.
To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify.
To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate.
To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.
To annoy or exasperate: : annoy.

Synonyms To heighten, raise, increase, magnify; overstate. See list under exaggerate.
To provoke; irritate; tease.
To exaggerate; give coloring to in description; give an exaggerated representation of: as, to aggravate circumstances.
To make more grave or heavy; increase the weight or pressure of; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome: as, to aggravate guilt or crime, the evils or annoyances of life, etc.
Literally, to add weight to or upon; increase the amount, quantity, or force of; make heavier by added quantity or burden.

Rising, Grow, Intensifies, Heighten, Fester, Soar, Rise, Inflame, Degenerate, Aggravate, Exacerbate, Deteriorate, Worsen, Step up, Intensify

Darken, Reinforce, Contribute, Rile, Deteriorate, Escalate, Intensify, Heighten, Deepen, Provoke, Inflame, Complicate, Exasperate, Worsen, Exacerbate

Increasing, Deepen, Rising, Grow, Heighten, Fester, Soar, Rise, Inflame, Degenerate, Aggravate, Exacerbate, Deteriorate, Worsen, Intensify

Darken, Reinforce, Contribute, Rile, Deteriorate, Escalate, Intensify, Heighten, Deepen, Provoke, Inflame, Complicate, Exasperate, Worsen, Exacerbate

If so, your drinking could escalate without help.
Sometimes the rates start low and escalate quickly.
Supervisor Page of Escalate Calls You can escalate calls to the first available supervisor or to a specific supervisor.
WANTED TO SHOW HOW THESE COSTS ESCALATE AND TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND ANDWRAP AROUND HOW THE COSTS ESCALATE.
Escalate: If it is still not done, you need to escalate the issue to the branch manager where you hold the account.
Cops may try to escalate a situation, but when you are engaged with a cop, you should never escalate.
They need to know what kind of situations to escalate, and who to escalate them to.
Escalate: A user can escalate the task from the current assignee to the supervisor.
It is escalate to win, which forces us to escalate to stop them from winning.
The only task I can recommend to you: Open an SR, escalate it, have Support escalate the bug.