Makeup vs Fillup - What's the difference?
makeup | fillup |
(uncountable) An item's composition.
(uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to improve its appearance.
(Industry) Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
* 2005 , William C. Whitman, William M. Johnson, John A. Tomczyk, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Technology , page 1208:
An act or process of filling up; a replenishment.
* 1866 , John Wilson, Noctes Ambrosianæ
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 18, author=Jim Motavalli, title=A Self-Serve Station, in Your Garage, work=New York Times
, passage=The disadvantage of slow fillups is somewhat offset by the cost, the equivalent of $1.20 to $1.40 a gallon, Mr. Carr said. }}
As nouns the difference between makeup and fillup
is that makeup is (uncountable) an item's composition while fillup is an act or process of filling up; a replenishment.makeup
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Alternative forms
*Noun
(en-noun)- To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup .
- She is wearing a lot of makeup .
- When the water level drops, the float ball drops with it and opens the valve to the makeup water supply.
Usage notes
The alternative spelling make-up is favored by the Oxford Dictionary, and thus is often considered to be British, while makeup, being preferred by Merriam Webster's dictionary, is the generally accepted American spelling. In reference with Jean-Claude Corbeil/Ariane Archambault: Visual Dictionary, Look up a Word from a Picture, Find the Picture from a Word. (New York, USA / Oxford, UK, 1987)Hyponyms
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fillup
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Noun
(en noun)- We had slyly ordered a few gallons of punch to be brought down to the office, to give a fillup to the worthy workmen at the close of their labors...
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