The difference between Compound and Make up

When used as verbs, compound means to form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts, whereas make up means to constitute.

Compound is also noun with the meaning: an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.

Compound is also adjective with the meaning: composed of elements.

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Compound as a noun:

an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined
Compound as a noun:

a group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices

Compound as an adjective:

composed of elements; not simple

Examples:

"a compound word"
Compound as an adjective (music):

An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).

Compound as a noun:

Anything made by combining several things.
Compound as a noun (chemistry, dated):

A substance made from any combination elements.
Compound as a noun (chemistry):

A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.
Compound as a noun (linguistics):

A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example , formed from and .
Compound as a noun (rail):

a , a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.

Compound as a verb (transitive):

To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.

Examples:

"to compound a medicine"
Compound as a verb (transitive):

To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
Compound as a verb (transitive):

To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
Compound as a verb (transitive, legal):

To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.

Examples:

"to compound a debt"
Compound as a verb (transitive):

To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise.
Compound as a verb (intransitive):

To come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.
Compound as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

To compose; to constitute.
Compound as a verb (intransitive, finance):

To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
Compound as a verb (transitive):

To worsen a situation

Make up as a verb (transitive):

To constitute; to compose; to form.
Make up as a verb (transitive):

To compensate, fill in or catch up.

Examples:

"He can make up the time next week."

"I plan to make up for my failed midterm."

"Cuba took limited free market-oriented measures to alleviate severe shortages of food, consumer goods, and services to make up for the ending of Soviet subsidies."
Make up as a verb (transitive):

To invent, imagine, or concoct (a story, claim, etc.).

Examples:

"He was a great storyteller and could make up a story on the spot."
Make up as a verb (transitive, cooking):

To assemble, or mix.

Examples:

"I can make up a batch of stew in a few minutes, but it will take a few hours to cook."
Make up as a verb (transitive):

To apply cosmetics or makeup to.

Examples:

"Let's leave as soon as I make up my face."
Make up as a verb (intransitive):

To resolve, forgive or smooth over an argument or fight.

Examples:

"They fight a lot, but they always manage to make up."
Make up as a verb:

To overcome a disadvantage.
Make up as a verb:

To make social or romantic advances ; to pay court (to).
Make up as a verb:

genetic material, the genetic 'makeup' of a thing, in a living creature.

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