advance vs make

advance

verb
  • To move forwards; to approach. 

  • To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. 

  • To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten. 

  • To make progress; to do well, to succeed. 

  • To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully. 

  • To help the progress of (something); to further. 

  • To move forward in time; to progress towards completion. 

  • To raise or increase (a price, rate). 

  • To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend. 

  • To increase (a number or amount). 

  • To make a higher bid at an auction. 

  • To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose. 

noun
  • A forward move; improvement or progression. 

  • An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature. 

  • An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement. 

  • An addition to the price; rise in price or value. 

adj
  • Completed before necessary or a milestone event. 

  • Preceding. 

  • Forward. 

make

verb
  • To proceed (in a direction). 

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

  • To defecate or urinate. 

  • To constitute. 

  • To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability. 

  • Of water, to flow toward land; to rise. 

  • To develop into; to prove to be. 

  • To prepare (food); to cook (food). 

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

  • To force to do. 

  • To move at (a speed). 

  • To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action. 

  • To indicate or suggest to be. 

  • To enact; to establish. 

  • To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing. 

  • To form or formulate in the mind. 

  • To cause to appear to be; to represent as. 

  • To recognise, identify, spot. 

  • To take the virginity of. 

  • To perform a feat. 

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

  • To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence. 

  • To cover neatly with bedclothes. 

  • To cause to be. 

  • To build, construct, produce, or originate. 

  • To behave, to act. 

  • To cover (a given distance) by travelling. 

  • To interpret. 

  • To write or compose. 

  • To add up to, have a sum of. 

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

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

  • To appoint; to name. 

  • To bring into success. 

  • To have sexual intercourse with. 

noun
  • A person's character or disposition. 

  • Quantity produced, especially of materials. 

  • A made basket. 

  • The camera was of German make. 

  • A home-made project 

  • Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production. 

  • Brand or kind; model. 

  • Identification or recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence. 

  • Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards. 

  • Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female). 

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

  • The closing of an electrical circuit. 

  • Mate; a spouse or companion; a match. 

  • A promotion. 

  • Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made); form. 

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