Make vs. Type — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Make and Type
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Make
To cause to exist or happen; bring about; create
Made problems for us.
Making a commotion.
Type
A category of people or things having common characteristics
Blood types
This type of heather grows better in a drier habitat
Make
To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material; construct
Make a dress.
Made a stone wall.
Type
A person or thing exemplifying the ideal or defining characteristics of something
She characterized his witty sayings as the type of modern wisdom
Make
To form by assembling individuals or constituents
We made a temporary information center using savvy volunteers.
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Type
Characters or letters that are printed or shown on a screen
Bold type
Make
To change from one form or function to another
Make clay into bricks.
Type
A design on either side of a medal or coin.
Make
To cause to be or become
Made her position clear.
A decision that made him happy.
Type
An abstract category or class of linguistic item or unit, as distinct from actual occurrences in speech or writing.
Make
To cause to assume a specified function or role
Made her treasurer.
Made Austin his home.
Type
Write (something) on a typewriter or computer by pressing the keys
He typed out the second draft
I'm learning to type
Make
To cause to act in a specified manner
Heat makes gases expand.
Type
Determine the type to which (a person or their blood or tissue) belongs
The kidney was typed
Make
To compel
Made him quit.
Type
A number of people or things having in common traits or characteristics that distinguish them as a group or class:That type of car was popular in the 1970s. See Synonyms at kind.
Make
To form in the mind
Make an estimate.
Type
A person or thing having the features of a group or class:He is the type of person that is bound to get into trouble.
Make
To compose
Make verses.
Type
An example or a model having the ideal features of a group or class; an embodiment:"He was the perfect type of a military dandy"(Joyce Cary).
Make
To prepare; fix
Make dinner.
Type
A person regarded as exemplifying a particular profession, rank, or social group:a group of executive types; a restaurant frequented by tourist types.
Make
To get ready or set in order for use
Made the bed.
Type
A figure, representation, or symbol of something to come, such as an event in the Old Testament that is believed to foreshadow another in the New Testament.
Make
To gather and light the materials for (a fire).
Type
(Biology)The type specimen, type species, or type genus, which serves as the basis for the name of a species, genus, or family.
Make
To engage in
Make war.
Type
A small block of metal or wood bearing a raised letter or character on the upper end that leaves a printed impression when inked and pressed on paper.
Make
To carry out; perform
Make a phone call.
Make an incision.
Type
Such pieces considered as a group.
Make
To achieve, produce, or attain
Made peace between the two sides.
Not making sense.
Didn't make the quota.
Type
Printed or typewritten characters; print:Let's see how your letter looks in type.
Make
To institute or establish; enact
Make laws.
Type
A size or style of printed or typewritten characters; a typeface:a sans-serif type.
Make
To draw up and execute in a suitable form
Make a will.
Type
A pattern, a design, or an image impressed or stamped onto the face of a coin.
Make
To arrange or agree to
Make a date.
Type
To write (something) using a typewriter.
Make
To arrive at; reach
Made Seattle in two hours.
Type
To input (something) manually on an electronic device, especially by using a keyboard.
Make
To reach in time
Just made the plane.
Type
To assign to a category; classify or characterize:a political candidate who was typed as indecisive.
Make
To attain the rank or position of
Made lieutenant.
Type
To determine the antigenic characteristics of (a blood or tissue sample).
Make
To acquire a place in or on
Made the baseball team.
Made the newspapers.
Type
To typecast:an actor afraid of being typed as a gangster.
Make
To gain or earn, as by working
Make money.
Type
To write with a typewriter or computer keyboard.
Make
To behave so as to acquire
Make friends.
Type
A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane.
Make
To score or achieve, as in a sport
Made a field goal.
Type
An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
Make
To assure the success of
Favorable reviews can make a play.
Type
An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
Make
To favor the development of
Practice makes a winning team.
Type
A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.
Make
To be suited for
Oak makes strong furniture.
Type
(uncountable) Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.
Make
To develop into
Will make a fine doctor.
Type
Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.
The headline was set in bold type.
Make
To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of
Don't know what to make of the decision.
Type
(taxonomy) Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical.
Make
To calculate as being; estimate
I make the height 20 feet.
Type
Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.
We can't get along: he's just not my type.
He was exactly her type.
Make
To consider as being
Wasn't the problem some people made it.
Type
(medicine) A blood group.
Make
To constitute
They make a great team.
Type
(corpus linguistics) A word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a token.
Make
To add up to
Two and two make four.
Type
(theology) An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.
Make
To amount to
Makes no difference.
Type
(computing theory) A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations; a data type.
Make
To cover (a distance)
Made 200 miles before sunset.
Type
(fine arts) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
Make
To constitute the essence or nature of
Clothes make the man.
Type
(chemistry) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, water, ammonia, and methane.
Make
To cause to be especially enjoyable or rewarding
Your being along really made the outing.
Type
(mathematics) A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory). (Note: this corresponds to the notion of "data type" in computing theory.)
Categorial grammar is like a combination of context-free grammar and types.
Make
To appear to begin (an action)
She made to leave.
Type
A symbol, emblem, or example of something.
Make
(Slang) To persuade to have sexual intercourse.
Type
To put text on paper using a typewriter.
Make
To act or behave in a specified manner
Make merry.
Make free.
Type
To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
Make
To begin or appear to begin an action
Made as if to shake my hand.
Type
To determine the blood type of.
The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion.
Make
To cause something to be as specified
Make ready.
Make sure.
Type
To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
Make
To proceed in a certain direction
Made for home.
Made after the thief.
Type
To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
Make
(Slang) To pretend to be; imitate. Used with like
Made like a ballerina.
Type
To categorize into types.
Make
To undergo fabrication or manufacture
This wool makes up into a warm shawl.
Type
The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.
The faith they have in tennis, and tall stockings,Short blistered breeches, and those types of travel.
Make
To rise or accumulate
The tide is making.
Type
Form or character impressed; style; semblance.
Thy father bears the type of king of Naples.
Make
The style or manner in which a thing is made
Disliked the make of my coat.
Type
A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; - correlative to antitype.
A type is no longer a type when the thing typified comes to be actually exhibited.
Make
A specific line of manufactured goods, identified by the manufacturer's name or the registered trademark
A famous make of shirt.
Type
That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative.
Since the time of Cuvier and Baer . . . the whole animal kingdom has been universally held to be divisible into a small number of main divisions or types.
Make
The origin of a product's manufacturing
A bicycle of a French make.
Type
The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
Make
The physical or moral nature of a person
Found out what make of man he was.
Type
A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing.
Make
The physical nature or build of an animal or person
A horse of a beautiful make.
Type
A simple compound, used as a model or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
Make
(Slang) Identification of a person or thing, often from information in police records
Did you get a make on the thief?.
Type
To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
Make
(transitive) To create.
Type
To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
Let us type them now in our own lives.
Make
To build, construct, produce, or originate.
We made a bird feeder for our yard.
I'll make a man out of him yet.
He makes deodorants.
Type
A subdivision of a particular kind of thing;
What type of sculpture do you prefer?
Make
To write or compose.
I made a poem for her wedding.
He made a will.
Type
A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);
A real character
A strange character
A friendly eccentric
The capable type
A mental case
Make
To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
Make war
They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.
Type
(biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
Make
(religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
God made earth and heaven.
Type
Printed characters;
Small type is hard to read
Make
(transitive) To prepare (food); to cook (food).
I'm making cereal for breakfast. Who wants some?
Type
A small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper;
He dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up
Make
To behave, to act.
To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.
He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.
Type
All of the tokens of the same symbol;
The word `element' contains five different types of character
Make
(intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
Type
Write by means of a keyboard with types;
Type the acceptance letter, please
Make
To constitute.
They make a cute couple.
This makes the third infraction.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Type
Identify as belonging to a certain type;
Such people can practically be typed
Make
(transitive) To add up to, have a sum of.
Two and four make six.
Make
To interpret.
I don’t know what to make of it.
They couldn't make anything of the inscription.
What time do you make it?
Make
To bring into success.
This company is what made you.
She married into wealth and so has it made.
Make
To cause to be.
The citizens made their objections clear.
This might make you a bit woozy.
Did I make myself heard?
Scotch will make you a man.
Make
To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
Homer makes Aphrodite the daughter of Zeus, unlike Hesiod who depicted her as born from the sea foam.
Make
To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
You're making her cry.
I was made to feel like a criminal.
Make
To force to do.
The teacher made the student study.
Don’t let them make you suffer.
Make
To indicate or suggest to be.
His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
Make
To cover neatly with bedclothes.
Make
To recognise, identify, spot.
Make
To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
Make
To proceed (in a direction).
They made westward over the snowy mountains.
Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!
They made away from the fire toward the river.
Make
(transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
Make
(transitive) To move at (a speed).
The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
This baby can make 220 miles an hour.
Make
To appoint; to name.
Make
To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
Make
To defecate or urinate.
Make
(transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
They hope to make a bigger profit.
He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.
She made ten points in that game.
Make
(transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
Make
To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
Make
To enact; to establish.
Make
To develop into; to prove to be.
She'll make a fine president.
Make
To form or formulate in the mind.
Make plans
Made a questionable decision
Make
To perform a feat.
Make a leap
Make a pass
Make a u-turn
Make
(intransitive) To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
In the end, my class didn't make, which left me with a bit of free time.
Make
(obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
Make
(obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
Make
(obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
Make
To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
Make
To take the virginity of.
Make
(transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
Make
(intransitive) Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.
Make
Brand or kind; model.
What make of car do you drive?
Make
Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made); form.
Make
Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
The camera was of German make.
Make
A person's character or disposition.
Make
(dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
Make
(uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
Make
(computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
Make
(slang) Identification or recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
Make
Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).
Make
A promotion.
Make
A home-made project
Make
(cards) Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
Make
(basketball) A made basket.
Make
(physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
Make
Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.
Make
A halfpenny.
Make
An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares.
Make
A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
For in this world no woman isWorthy to be my make.
Make
Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.
It our perfection of so frail a makeAs every plot can undermine and shake?
Make
To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.
He . . . fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf.
Make
To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; - often with up; as, to make up a story.
And Art, with her contending, doth aspireTo excel the natural with made delights.
Make
To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast.
Who made thee a prince and a judge over us?
See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh.
Make
To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; - often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.
Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.
Wealth maketh many friends.
I will neither plead my age nor sickness in excuse of the faults which I have made.
Make
To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.
He is not that goose and ass that Valla would make him.
Make
To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.
He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck a second time.
Make
To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; - followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.
I will make them hear my words.
They should be made to rise at their early hour.
Make
To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day.
Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown.
Make
To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.
And old cloak makes a new jerkin.
Make
To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to; as, a pound of ham makes a hearty meal.
The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea,Make but one temple for the Deity.
Make
To be engaged or concerned in.
Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs?
Make
To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.
They that sail in the middle can make no land of either side.
If a child were crooked or deformed in body or mind, they made him away.
Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out at the casement.
He was all made up of love and charms!
Make
To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; - often in the phrase to meddle or make.
A scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make.
Make
To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.
Make
To tend; to contribute; to have effect; - with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.
Follow after the things which make for peace.
Considerations infiniteDo make against it.
Make
To increase; to augment; to accrue.
Make
To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
To solace him some time, as I do when I make.
Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled.
My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly displeased with me.
Make
A recognizable kind;
There's a new brand of hero in the movies now
What make of car is that?
Make
The act of mixing cards haphazardly
Make
Engage in;
Make love, not war
Make an effort
Do research
Do nothing
Make revolution
Make
Give certain properties to something;
Get someone mad
She made us look silly
He made a fool of himself at the meeting
Don't make this into a big deal
This invention will make you a millionaire
Make yourself clear
Make
Make or cause to be or to become;
Make a mess in one's office
Create a furor
Make
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;
The ads induced me to buy a VCR
My children finally got me to buy a computer
My wife made me buy a new sofa
Make
Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally;
Cause a commotion
Make a stir
Cause an accident
Make
Create or manufacture a man-made product;
We produce more cars than we can sell
The company has been making toys for two centuries
Make
Make, formulate, or derive in the mind;
I draw a line here
Draw a conclusion
Draw parallels
Make an estimate
What do you make of his remarks?
Make
Compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way;
People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!
Heat makes you sweat
Make
Create by artistic means;
Create a poem
Schoenberg created twelve-tone music
Picasso created Cubism
Auden made verses
Make
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages;
How much do you make a month in your new job?
She earns a lot in her new job
This merger brought in lots of money
He clears $5,000 each month
Make
Create or design, often in a certain way;
Do my room in blue
I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest
Make
To compose or represent:
This wall forms the background of the stage setting
The branches made a roof
This makes a fine introduction
Make
Reach a goal, e.g.,
Make the first team
We made it!
She may not make the grade
Make
Be or be capable of being changed or made into;
He makes a great host
He will make a fine father
Make
Make by shaping or bringing together constituents;
Make a dress
Make a cake
Make a wall of stones
Make
Perform or carry out;
Make a decision
Make a move
Make advances
Make a phone call
Make
Make by combining materials and parts;
This little pig made his house out of straw
Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer
Make
Change from one form into another;
Make water into wine
Make lead into gold
Make clay into bricks
Make
Act in a certain way so as to acquire;
Make friends
Make enemies
Make
Charge with a function; charge to be;
She was named Head of the Committee
She was made president of the club
Make
Achieve a point or goal;
Nicklaus had a 70
The Brazilian team got 4 goals
She made 29 points that day
Make
Reach a destination, either real or abstract;
We hit Detroit by noon
The water reached the doorstep
We barely made it to the finish line
I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts
Make
Institute, enact, or establish;
Make laws
Make
Carry out or commit;
Make a mistake
Commit a faux-pas
Make
Add up to;
Four and four make eight
Make
Form by assembling individuals or constituents;
Make a quorum
The branches made a roof
Make
Organize or be responsible for;
Hold a reception
Have, throw, or make a party
Give a course
Make
Prepare for eating by applying heat;
Cook me dinner, please
Can you make me an omelette?
Fix breakfast for the guests, please
Make
Put in order or neaten;
Make the bed
Make up a room
Make
Head into a specified direction;
The escaped convict took to the hills
We made for the mountains
Make
Have a bowel movement;
The dog had made in the flower beds
Make
Undergo fabrication or creation;
This wool makes into a nice sweater
Make
Be suitable for;
Wood makes good furniture
Make
Amount to;
This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living
Make
Constitute the essence of;
Clothes make the man
Make
Appear to begin an activity;
He made to speak but said nothing i the end
She made a if to say hello to us
Make
Proceed along a path;
Work one's way through the crowd
Make one's way into the forest
Make
Reach in time;
We barely made the plane
Make
Gather and light the materials for;
Make a fire
Make
Induce to have sex;
Harry finally seduced Sally
Did you score last night?
Harry made Sally
Make
Assure the success of;
A good review by this critic will make your play!
Make
Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like;
She makes like an actress
Make
Consider as being;
It wasn't the problem some people made it
Make
Calculate as being;
I make the height about 100 feet
Make
Cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable;
Make my day
Make
Favor the development of;
Practice makes the winner
Make
Develop into;
He will make a splendid father!
Make
Behave in a certain way;
Make merry
Make
Eliminate urine;
Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
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