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Makes vs Mates - What's the difference?

makes | mates |

As verbs the difference between makes and mates

is that makes is (make) while mates is .

As a noun makes

is .

makes

English

Verb

(head)
  • (make)
    • Green traffic lights look white to me, which makes them hard to distinguish from streetlights from far away. - First Usenet use via Google Groups, 9 May 1981 00:31:59-PDT, CSVAX.halbert at Berkeley

    Noun

    (head)
    • I would vote against a net.auto.bmw. Problems/comments regarding all makes are of interest, to me anyway. - net.auto.bmw, Aug 19 1983, 9:49 am, Joe Pfeiffer

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    mates

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Friendly; having a friendship (with).
    • He is mates with my brother.

    Usage notes

    * Only used as a predicate.

    Synonyms

    * chummy (British''), chums (''British''), friendly, friends, pally (''British''), pals (''British )

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