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Getting vs Making - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between getting and making

is that getting is while making is .

As nouns the difference between getting and making

is that getting is the act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition while making is the act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.

getting

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.
  • * Bible, Proverbs iv. 7
  • With all thy getting , get understanding.
  • That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.
  • * J. H. Riddell, Old Mrs Jones
  • She was always considering how to increase her "gettings ," but she never gave a thought as to how she might save them.

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    making

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) making, from (etyl) , (etyl) machunga.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
  • Process of growth or development.
  • ''As a child he didn’t seem like a genius in the making .

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
  • Soon (30 years?) we'll be making complete DNA and life in reverse, growing food that only reversed creatures cn eat. - Earliest Usenet use via Google Groups - fa.human-nets, 10 May 1981 09:16-EDT, Robert Elton Maas

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