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Makeover vs Takeover - What's the difference?

makeover | takeover |

As nouns the difference between makeover and takeover

is that makeover is a major change in the use of something, or in the appearance of something or someone; a radical transformation while takeover is the purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase.

makeover

English

Alternative forms

* make-over

Noun

(wikipedia makeover) (en noun)
  • A major change in the use of something, or in the appearance of something or someone; a radical transformation
  • This room is a mess, it needs a makeover

    Antonyms

    * makeunder

    takeover

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia takeover) (en noun)
  • (label) The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-03-15, volume=410, issue=8878, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Turn it off , passage=If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.}}
  • The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.
  • A time or event in which control or authority, especially over a facility is passed from one party to the next.
  • *1991 , Information Services on Latin America (Oakland, Calif.), ISLA: Volume 43, Issues 1-3 , p. 195:
  • Revollo was absent when Bolivian police and the navy captain arrived at dawn, and the base takeover came off without problems, according to a U.S. narcotics official.

    Derived terms

    *hostile takeover

    See also

    * buyout * merger * sellout

    Anagrams

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