Make vs. Type — What's the Difference?

To cause to exist or happen; bring about; create

A category of people or things having common characteristics

To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material; construct

A person or thing exemplifying the ideal or defining characteristics of something

To form by assembling individuals or constituents

Characters or letters that are printed or shown on a screen

To change from one form or function to another

A design on either side of a medal or coin.

To cause to be or become

An abstract category or class of linguistic item or unit, as distinct from actual occurrences in speech or writing.

To cause to assume a specified function or role

Write (something) on a typewriter or computer by pressing the keys

To cause to act in a specified manner

Determine the type to which (a person or their blood or tissue) belongs

To compel

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.

To form in the mind

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.

To compose

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).

To prepare; fix

A person regarded as exemplifying a particular profession, rank, or social group:a group of executive types; a restaurant frequented by tourist types.

To get ready or set in order for use

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.

To gather and light the materials for (a fire).

(Biology)The type specimen, type species, or type genus, which serves as the basis for the name of a species, genus, or family.

To engage in

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.

To carry out; perform

Such pieces considered as a group.

To achieve, produce, or attain

Printed or typewritten characters; print:Let's see how your letter looks in type.

To institute or establish; enact

A size or style of printed or typewritten characters; a typeface:a sans-serif type.

To draw up and execute in a suitable form

A pattern, a design, or an image impressed or stamped onto the face of a coin.

To arrange or agree to

To write (something) using a typewriter.

To arrive at; reach

To input (something) manually on an electronic device, especially by using a keyboard.

To reach in time

To assign to a category; classify or characterize:a political candidate who was typed as indecisive.

To attain the rank or position of

To determine the antigenic characteristics of (a blood or tissue sample).

To acquire a place in or on

To typecast:an actor afraid of being typed as a gangster.

To gain or earn, as by working

To write with a typewriter or computer keyboard.

To behave so as to acquire

A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.

To score or achieve, as in a sport

An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.

To assure the success of

An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.

To favor the development of

A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.

To be suited for

(uncountable) Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.

To develop into

Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.

To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of

(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.

To calculate as being; estimate

Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.

To consider as being

(medicine) A blood group.

To constitute

(corpus linguistics) A word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a token.

To add up to

(theology) An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.

To amount to

(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.

To cover (a distance)

(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.

To constitute the essence or nature of

(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.

To cause to be especially enjoyable or rewarding

(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.)

To appear to begin (an action)

A symbol, emblem, or example of something.

(Slang) To persuade to have sexual intercourse.

To put text on paper using a typewriter.

To act or behave in a specified manner

To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.

To begin or appear to begin an action

To determine the blood type of.

To cause something to be as specified

To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.

To proceed in a certain direction

To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.

(Slang) To pretend to be; imitate. Used with like

To categorize into types.

To undergo fabrication or manufacture

The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.

To rise or accumulate

Form or character impressed; style; semblance.

The style or manner in which a thing is made

A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; - correlative to antitype.

A specific line of manufactured goods, identified by the manufacturer's name or the registered trademark

That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative.

The origin of a product's manufacturing

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.

The physical or moral nature of a person

A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing.

The physical nature or build of an animal or person

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.

(Slang) Identification of a person or thing, often from information in police records

To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.

(transitive) To create.

To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.

To build, construct, produce, or originate.

A subdivision of a particular kind of thing;

To write or compose.

A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);

To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.

(biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon

(religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.

Printed characters;

(transitive) To prepare (food); to cook (food).

A small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper;

To behave, to act.

All of the tokens of the same symbol;

(intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.

Write by means of a keyboard with types;

To constitute.

Identify as belonging to a certain type;

(transitive) To add up to, have a sum of.

To interpret.

To bring into success.

To cause to be.

To cause to appear to be; to represent as.

To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).

To force to do.

To indicate or suggest to be.

To cover neatly with bedclothes.

To recognise, identify, spot.

To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.

To proceed (in a direction).

(transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.

(transitive) To move at (a speed).

To appoint; to name.

To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).

To defecate or urinate.

(transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).

(transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.

To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.

To enact; to establish.

To develop into; to prove to be.

To form or formulate in the mind.

To perform a feat.

(intransitive) To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.

(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.

(obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.

(obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.

To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.

To take the virginity of.

(transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.

(intransitive) Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.

Brand or kind; model.

Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made); form.

Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.

A person's character or disposition.

(dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.

(uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.

(computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.

(slang) Identification or recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.

Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).

A promotion.

A home-made project

(cards) Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.

(basketball) A made basket.

(physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.

Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.

A halfpenny.

An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares.

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.

To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.

To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; - often with up; as, to make up a story.

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.

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.

To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.

To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.

To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; - followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.

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.

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.

To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to; as, a pound of ham makes a hearty meal.

To be engaged or concerned in.

To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.

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.

To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.

To tend; to contribute; to have effect; - with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.

To increase; to augment; to accrue.

To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.

A recognizable kind;

The act of mixing cards haphazardly

Engage in;

Give certain properties to something;

Make or cause to be or to become;

Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;

Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally;

Create or manufacture a man-made product;

Make, formulate, or derive in the mind;

Compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way;

Create by artistic means;

Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages;

Create or design, often in a certain way;

To compose or represent:

Reach a goal, e.g.,

Be or be capable of being changed or made into;

Make by shaping or bringing together constituents;

Perform or carry out;

Make by combining materials and parts;

Change from one form into another;

Act in a certain way so as to acquire;

Charge with a function; charge to be;

Achieve a point or goal;

Reach a destination, either real or abstract;

Institute, enact, or establish;

Carry out or commit;

Add up to;

Form by assembling individuals or constituents;

Organize or be responsible for;

Prepare for eating by applying heat;

Put in order or neaten;

Head into a specified direction;

Have a bowel movement;

Undergo fabrication or creation;

Be suitable for;

Amount to;

Constitute the essence of;

Appear to begin an activity;

Proceed along a path;

Reach in time;

Gather and light the materials for;

Induce to have sex;

Assure the success of;

Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like;

Consider as being;

Calculate as being;

Cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable;

Favor the development of;

Develop into;

Behave in a certain way;

Eliminate urine;