The difference between Cosmeticize and Make up
When used as verbs, cosmeticize means to make attractive, to superficially improve the appearance of, whereas make up means to constitute.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cosmeticize and Make up
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Cosmeticize as a verb:
To make attractive, to superficially improve the appearance of
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Make up as a verb (transitive):
To constitute; to compose; to form.
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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."
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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."
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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."
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Make up as a verb (transitive):
To apply cosmetics or makeup to.
Examples:
"Let's leave as soon as I make up my face."
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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."
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Make up as a verb:
To overcome a disadvantage.
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Make up as a verb:
To make social or romantic advances ; to pay court (to).
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Make up as a verb:
genetic material, the genetic 'makeup' of a thing, in a living creature.