Difference between Make and Do

What is the difference between Make and Do?

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

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: A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.

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.

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

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