Made vs Done - What's the difference?
made | done |
(make)
(of food) Ready, fully cooked.
In a state of having completed or finished an activity.
Being exhausted or fully spent.
Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
(African American Vernacular English, Southern American English, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect.
As verbs the difference between made and done
is that made is past tense of make while done is past participle of lang=en.As a noun made
is a maggot or grub.As an adjective done is
ready, fully cooked.made
English
(wikipedia made)Etymology 1
From (etyl) mathe, from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l) * (l) (Scotland)Etymology 2
From (etyl) made, makede, . More at (l).Verb
(head)Quotations
* (English Citations of "made")Derived terms
* have it made * home-made * made in the shade * made man * ready-made * self-madeStatistics
*Anagrams
* * * * English irregular past participles ----done
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.
- He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done ."
- They were done playing and were picking up the toys when he arrived.
- When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.
- He is done , after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish.
- I can't believe he just walked up and spoke to her like that, those kind of things just aren't done !
- What is the done thing these days? I can't keep up!
Derived terms
* be done for * be done with it * done deal * get done for * overdone * well doneVerb
(head)- I have ''done'' my work.
- I done did my best to raise y'all.
