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Ramshackle vs Makeshift - What's the difference?

ramshackle | makeshift |

As adjectives the difference between ramshackle and makeshift

is that ramshackle is in disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles while makeshift is made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

As a noun makeshift is

a temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else.

ramshackle

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • In disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles.
  • * Thackeray
    • There came my lord the cardinal, in his ramshackle coach.
    They stayed in a ramshackle cabin on the beach.
    He entered the ramshackle bus, and was driven a long distance through very sandy streets to the hotel on the St. Lawrence.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Dominic Fifield , title=England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=So ramshackle was the locals' attempt at defence that, with energetic wingers pouring into the space behind panicked full-backs and centre-halves dizzied by England's movement, it was cruel to behold at times. The contest did not extend beyond the half-hour mark.}}

    Synonyms

    * (in disrepair or disorder) bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, rickety, ruinous, rundown, tatterdemalion, tumbledown

    makeshift

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else.
  • *
    • I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
    • They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 26 2012 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Norway 0-1 England , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Hodgson was able to introduce Arsenal teenager Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for his debut late on as this makeshift England line-up closed out a victory that was solid for the most part without ever threatening to be spectacular.}}

    See also

    * make shift