Difference between Do and Make

What is the difference between Do and Make?

Do as a noun is a function, celebration, party. while Make as a noun is brand or kind; often paired with model.

Do

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A function, celebration, party. A hairdo. A period of confusion or argument. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts). A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.

Part of speech: abbreviation

Definition: ditto

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. To perform; to execute. To suffice. To be reasonable or acceptable. To have (as an effect). To fare; to succeed or fail. To have as one's job. To cook. To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of. To treat in a certain way. To spend (time) in jail. To impersonate or depict. To kill. To have sex with. (See also do it) To cheat or swindle. To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate. To finish.

Make

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Brand or kind; often paired with model.How a thing is made; construction.Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.Quantity produced, especially of materials.The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.A person's character or disposition.The declaration of the trump for a hand.The closing of an electrical circuit.A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.Past or future target of seduction (usually female).A promotion.Mate; a spouse or companion.A halfpenny.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To create, construct or produce.To constitute.To interpret.To bring into success.or noun}} To cause to be.To cause to do.To force to do.To indicate or suggest to be.}} To cover neatly with bedclothes.To recognise (without being recognised in return).To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).

Example sentence: We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

We hope you now know whether to use Do or Make in your sentence.

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