Makeup vs Reconcile - What's the difference?

makeup | reconcile |

As a noun makeup

is (uncountable) an item's composition.

As a verb reconcile is

to restore a friendly relationship; to bring back to harmony.

makeup

English

Alternative forms

Noun

(en-noun)

(uncountable) An item's composition.

To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup .

(uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to improve its appearance.

She is wearing a lot of makeup .

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

* 2005 , William C. Whitman, William M. Johnson, John A. Tomczyk, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Technology , page 1208:

When the water level drops, the float ball drops with it and opens the valve to the makeup water supply.

Usage notes

The alternative spelling make-up is favored by the Oxford Dictionary, and thus is often considered to be British, while makeup, being preferred by Merriam Webster's dictionary, is the generally accepted American spelling. In reference with Jean-Claude Corbeil/Ariane Archambault: Visual Dictionary, Look up a Word from a Picture, Find the Picture from a Word. (New York, USA / Oxford, UK, 1987)

Hyponyms

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References

reconcile

English

(reconciliation)

Verb

(reconcil)

To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back to harmony.

to reconcile people who have quarrelled

To make things compatible or consistent.

to reconcile differences

* Alexander Pope

Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear, / Considered singly, or beheld too near; / Which, but proportioned to their light or place, / Due distance reconciles to form and grace.

* John Locke

The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labour with affairs of state.

To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.

Derived terms

* reconciliation