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Performs vs Makes - What's the difference?

performs | makes |

As verbs the difference between performs and makes

is that performs is (perform) while makes is (make).

As a noun makes is

.

performs

English

Verb

(head)
  • (perform)
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    perform

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To do something; to execute.
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  • To do something in front of an audience, often in order to entertain it.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Perform a part thou hast not done before.

    Derived terms

    * performance * performant * performative * performator * performer

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    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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