Difference between Make and Have

What is the difference between Make and Have?

Make as a verb is to create, construct or produce. while Have as a verb is to possess, own, hold.

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: How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.

Have

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To possess, own, hold.To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.must.To give birth to.To engage in sexual intercourse with.(transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command or request.(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.(transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below)To defeat in a fight; take.To be able to speak a language.

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

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