The difference between Make and Way

When used as nouns, make means brand or kind, whereas way means a road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.

When used as verbs, make means to build, construct, or produce, whereas way means to travel.

Way is also interjection with the meaning: it is true.

Way is also adverb with the meaning: much.

check bellow for the other definitions of Make and Way

  1. Make as a verb (transitive):

    To create. To build, construct, or produce. To write or compose. To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action. To create (the universe), especially from nothing.

    Examples:

    "We made a bird feeder for our yard."

    "I'll make a man out of him yet."

    "I made a poem for her wedding."

    "He made a will."

    "'make war"

    "They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men."

    "God made earth and heaven."

  2. Make as a verb (intransitive, now mostly, _, colloquial):

    To behave, to act.

    Examples:

    "To make like a deer caught in the headlights."

    "They made nice together, as if their fight never happened."

    "He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands."

  3. Make as a verb (intransitive):

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

  4. Make as a verb:

    To constitute.

    Examples:

    "They make a cute couple."

    "This makes the third infraction."

    "One swallow does not a summer make."

  5. Make as a verb (transitive):

    To add up to, have a sum of.

    Examples:

    "Two and four make six."

  6. Make as a verb (intransitive, construed with ''of'', typically interrogative):

    To interpret.

    Examples:

    "I don’t know what to make of it."

  7. Make as a verb (transitive, usually stressed):

    To bring into success.

    Examples:

    "This company is what made you."

    "She married into wealth and so has it made."

  8. Make as a verb (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle):

    To cause to be.

    Examples:

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    "The citizens made their objections clear."

    "This might make you a bit woozy."

    "Did I make myself heard?"

    "Scotch will make you a man."

  9. Make as a verb:

    To cause to appear to be; to represent as.

  10. Make as a verb (ditransitive, second object is a verb):

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

    Examples:

    "You're making her cry."

    "I was made to feel like a criminal."

  11. Make as a verb (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity):

    To force to do.

    Examples:

    "The teacher made the student study."

    "Don’t let them make you suffer."

  12. Make as a verb (ditransitive, of a fact):

    To indicate or suggest to be.

    Examples:

    "His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person."

  13. Make as a verb (transitive, of a bed):

    To cover neatly with bedclothes.

  14. Make as a verb (transitive, US, _, slang):

    To recognise, identify.

  15. Make as a verb (transitive, colloquial):

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

    Examples:

    "We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight."

  16. Make as a verb (intransitive, colloquial):

    To proceed (in a direction).

    Examples:

    "They made westward over the snowy mountains."

    "'Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!"

    "They made away from the fire toward the river."

  17. Make as a verb (transitive):

    To cover (a given distance) by travelling.

  18. Make as a verb (transitive):

    To move at (a speed).

    Examples:

    "The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas."

    "This baby can make 220 miles an hour."

  19. Make as a verb:

    To appoint; to name.

  20. Make as a verb (transitive, slang):

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

  21. Make as a verb (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic):

    To defecate or urinate.

  22. Make as a verb (transitive):

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

    Examples:

    "They hope to make a bigger profit."

    "He didn't make the choir after his voice changed."

    "She made ten points in that game."

  23. Make as a verb (transitive):

    To pay, to cover (an expense);

  24. Make as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Chaucer"

    "rfquotek Tennyson"

  25. Make as a verb:

    To enact; to establish.

  26. Make as a verb:

    To develop into; to prove to be.

    Examples:

    "She'll make a fine president."

  27. Make as a verb:

    To form or formulate in the mind.

    Examples:

    "'make plans"

    "'made a questionable decision"

  28. Make as a verb:

    To perform a feat.

    Examples:

    "'make a leap"

    "'make a pass"

    "'make a u-turn"

  29. Make as a verb (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.

  30. Make as a verb (obsolete):

    To increase; to augment; to accrue.

  31. Make as a verb (obsolete):

    To be engaged or concerned in.

  32. Make as a verb (now, archaic):

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

  33. Make as a verb (transitive, euphemism):

    To take the virginity of.

  34. Make as a verb (transitive):

    To have sexual intercourse with.

  1. Make as a noun (often of a car):

    Brand or kind; often paired with model.

    Examples:

    "What make of car do you drive?"

  2. Make as a noun:

    How a thing is made; construction.

  3. Make as a noun:

    Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.

    Examples:

    "The camera was of German make."

  4. Make as a noun (uncountable):

    Quantity produced, especially of materials.

  5. Make as a noun (dated):

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

  6. Make as a noun:

    A person's character or disposition.

  7. Make as a noun (bridge):

    The declaration of the trump for a hand.

  8. Make as a noun (physics):

    The closing of an electrical circuit.

  9. Make as a noun (computing):

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

  10. Make as a noun (slang):

    Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.

  11. Make as a noun (slang, usually in phrase "easy make"):

    Past or future target of seduction (usually female).

  12. Make as a noun (slang, military):

    A promotion.

  13. Make as a noun:

    A home-made project

  14. Make as a noun (basketball):

    A made basket.

  1. Make as a noun (dialectal):

    Mate; a spouse or companion.

  1. Make as a noun (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now, rare):

    A halfpenny.

  1. Way as a noun:

    To do with a place or places. A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another. A means to enter or leave a place. A roughly-defined geographical area.

    Examples:

    "nowrap Do you know the way to the airport?  nowrap Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut.  nowrap It's a long way from here."

    "We got into the cinema through the back way."

    "If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me."

  2. Way as a noun:

    A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.

    Examples:

    "nowrap You're going about it the wrong way.  nowrap He's known for his quirky ways.  nowrap I don't like the way she looks at me."

  3. Way as a noun:

    A state or condition

    Examples:

    "When I returned home, I found my house and belongings in a most terrible way."

  4. Way as a noun:

    Personal interaction. Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way'). Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.

    Examples:

    "There's no way I'm going to clean up after you."

    "My little sister always whines until she gets her way."

  5. Way as a noun (paganism):

    A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.

  6. Way as a noun (nautical):

    Speed, progress, momentum.

  7. Way as a noun:

    A degree, an amount, a sense.

    Examples:

    "In a large way, crocodiles and alligators are similar."

  8. Way as a noun (US, As the head of an interjectory clause):

    Examples:

    "'Way to ruin the moment, guys."

  9. Way as a noun (plural only):

    The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.

  10. Way as a noun (plural only):

    The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.

  1. Way as a verb (obsolete):

    To travel.

  1. Way as an adverb (informal, with comparative or modified adjective):

    Much.

    Examples:

    "I'm way too tired to do that."

    "I'm a way better singer than Emma."

  2. Way as an adverb (slang, with positive adjective):

    Very.

    Examples:

    "I'm way tired"

    "String theory is way cool, except for the math."

  3. Way as an adverb (informal):

    Far.

    Examples:

    "I used to live way over there."

    "The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill."

  1. Way as a noun:

    The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.

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