Makeup vs Maker - What's the difference?
makeup | maker |
(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:
Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
(usually, capitalized and preceded by the) God.
A poet.
* 2000 , , The Book of Prefaces , Bloomsbury 2002, p. 9:
(obsolete, legal) Someone who signs a cheque or promissory note, thereby becoming responsible for payment.
As nouns the difference between makeup and maker
is that makeup is (uncountable) an item's composition while maker is .As a verb maker is
.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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maker
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Noun
(en noun)- It is refreshing to read how makers find great allies in the past to help them tackle the present. It helps us to see that literature is a conversation across boundaries of nation, century and language.
