Makeup vs Lie - What's the difference?
makeup | lie |
(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:
(label) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
* 1849 , (Henry David Thoreau), (A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers)
* {{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
, chapter=5, title= (label) To be placed or situated.
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* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; used with in .
* (Arthur Collier) (1680-1732)
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
(label) To lodge; to sleep.
* (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
* (Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)
To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
(label) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
* Ch. J. Parsons
(golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
(medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
To give false information intentionally.
To convey a false image or impression.
An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth
Anything that misleads or disappoints.
* (rfdate) Trench:
As a noun makeup
is (uncountable) an item's composition.As a verb lie is
.makeup
English
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
* See alsoReferences
lie
English
(wikipedia lie)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . As a noun for position, the .Verb
- The watchful traveller / Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes.
- Our uninquiring corpses lie more low / Than our life's curiosity doth go.
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- Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
- Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances.
- He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labour, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen.
- While I was now trifling at home, I saw London, where I lay one night only.
- Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night.
- The wind is loud and will not lie .
- An appeal lies in this case.
Derived terms
* a lie has no legs * let sleeping dogs lie * lie back * lie by * lie doggo * lie down * lie ill in one's mouth * lie in * lie-in * lie in wait * lie low * lie upon * lie with * make one's bed and lie in it * therein lies the rubNoun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Verb
- When Pinocchio lies , his nose grows.
- If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.
- While a principle-based approach might claim that lying''' is always morally wrong, the casuist would argue that, depending upon the details of the case, '''lying''' might or might not be illegal or unethical. The casuist might conclude that a person is wrong to '''lie''' in legal testimony under oath, but might argue that '''lying actually is the best moral choice if the lie saves a life. (w)
- Photos often lie .
- Hips don't lie .
Derived terms
* lie through one's teethEtymology 3
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I knew he was telling a lie by his facial expression.
- Wishing this lie of life was o'er.
