The difference between Fard and Make up

When used as verbs, fard means to paint, as the cheeks or face, whereas make up means to constitute.


Fard is also noun with the meaning: colour or paint, especially white paint, used on the face.

Fard is also adjective with the meaning: required as a matter of religious duty or obligation.

check bellow for the other definitions of Fard and Make up

  1. Fard as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To paint, as the cheeks or face.

  2. Fard as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To embellish or gloss over.

  1. Fard as a noun (archaic):

    Colour or paint, especially white paint, used on the face; makeup, war-paint.

  1. Fard as a noun (chiefly, Scotland, obsolete):

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  1. Fard as a noun (Islam):

    A commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfil; a religious duty or obligation.

  1. Fard as an adjective (Islam):

    Required as a matter of religious duty or obligation.

  1. Make up as a verb (transitive):

    To constitute; to compose; to form.

  2. 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."

  3. 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."

  4. 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."

  5. Make up as a verb (transitive):

    To apply cosmetics or makeup to.

    Examples:

    "Let's leave as soon as I make up my face."

  6. 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."

  7. Make up as a verb:

    To overcome a disadvantage.

  8. Make up as a verb:

    To make social or romantic advances ; to pay court (to).

  9. Make up as a verb:

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

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