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Setup vs. Makeup — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Setup and Makeup

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Setup

The way in which something is constituted, arranged, or planned.
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Makeup

The way in which something is composed or arranged; composition or construction.
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Setup

The gathering and organization of the equipment needed for an operation, procedure, or task.
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Makeup

(Printing) The arrangement or composition, as of type or illustrations, on a page or in a book.
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Setup

Physical makeup; physique.
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Makeup

The qualities or temperament that constitute a personality; disposition
Lying is not in her makeup.
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Setup

Body posture or carriage, especially militarily erect bearing.
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Makeup

Cosmetics applied especially to the face.
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Setup

Often setups(Informal) The collective ingredients, such as ice, mixers, and glasses, necessary for serving various alcoholic drinks.
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Makeup

Materials, such as cosmetics and costumes, that an actor or actress uses in portraying a role.
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Setup

A table setting, as in a restaurant.
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Makeup

A special examination for a student who has been absent from or has failed a previous examination.
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Setup

A camera position, as for a particular shot in a scene being filmed.
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Makeup

An item's composition.
To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup.
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Setup

A contest prearranged to result in an easy or faked victory.
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Makeup

Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.
She is wearing a lot of makeup.
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Setup

An endeavor intentionally made easy.
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Makeup

(manufacturing) Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
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Setup

A deceptive scheme, such as a fraud or hoax.
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Makeup

(education) A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.
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Setup

A plan or strategy for a projected course of action.
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Makeup

(ambitransitive) To put makeup on (someone or something).
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Setup

(Sports) A play or pass that creates a scoring opportunity.
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Makeup

The way in which the parts of anything are put together.
The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental make-up.
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Setup

Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.
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Makeup

The constituent parts of anything; as, the makeup of the new congress was predominantly conservative.
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Setup

The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
The classroom setup was simple and efficient.
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Makeup

Cosmetics applied to the face, such as lipstick, facial power, or eye shadow.
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Setup

A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
Trust me, that was a setup!
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Makeup

The aggregate of cosmetics and costume worn by an actor.
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Setup

(computing) An installer.
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Makeup

The effect or appearance of the wearing of makeup (in senses 3 or 4); often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character; as, her makeup was very realistic.
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Setup

(operations) The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
A simple setup on the bottling line involves reloading bottles and labels; emptying, cleaning, and reloading the tanks; and a test run.
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Makeup

An action that is taken to fulfill a requirement not accomplished at the expected time, such as a make-up examination; as, the student took his make-up on Saturday.
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Setup

(hydrology) The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
There was a strong wind setup at the south end of the lake after a day of northerly gales.
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Makeup

The appearance of a page of a publication, specifically the type style of the text and the spatial arrangement of the text, illustrations, advertising material etc., on the page.
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Setup

(boxing) A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
The jab is most commonly used as a setup for other strikes.
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Makeup

The art or process of arranging the portions of a printed publication on the pages for esthetic reasons or for optimal effect on the reader.
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Setup

Misspelling of set up
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Makeup

The way in which someone or something is composed
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Setup

Equipment designed to serve a specific function
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Makeup

Cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
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Setup

The way something is organized or arranged;
It takes time to learn the setup around here
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Makeup

An event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event;
He missed the test and had to take a makeup
The two teams played a makeup one week later
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Setup

An act that incriminates someone on a false charge
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