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Setup vs. Makeup — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Setup and Makeup

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Setup

The way in which something is constituted, arranged, or planned.

Makeup

The way in which something is composed or arranged; composition or construction.

Setup

The gathering and organization of the equipment needed for an operation, procedure, or task.

Makeup

(Printing) The arrangement or composition, as of type or illustrations, on a page or in a book.

Setup

Physical makeup; physique.
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Makeup

The qualities or temperament that constitute a personality; disposition
Lying is not in her makeup.

Setup

Body posture or carriage, especially militarily erect bearing.

Makeup

Cosmetics applied especially to the face.

Setup

Often setups(Informal) The collective ingredients, such as ice, mixers, and glasses, necessary for serving various alcoholic drinks.

Makeup

Materials, such as cosmetics and costumes, that an actor or actress uses in portraying a role.
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Setup

A table setting, as in a restaurant.

Makeup

A special examination for a student who has been absent from or has failed a previous examination.

Setup

A camera position, as for a particular shot in a scene being filmed.

Makeup

An item's composition.
To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup.

Setup

A contest prearranged to result in an easy or faked victory.

Makeup

Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.
She is wearing a lot of makeup.

Setup

An endeavor intentionally made easy.

Makeup

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

Setup

A deceptive scheme, such as a fraud or hoax.

Makeup

(education) A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.

Setup

A plan or strategy for a projected course of action.

Makeup

(ambitransitive) To put makeup on (someone or something).

Setup

(Sports) A play or pass that creates a scoring opportunity.

Makeup

The way in which the parts of anything are put together.
The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental make-up.

Setup

Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.

Makeup

The constituent parts of anything; as, the makeup of the new congress was predominantly conservative.

Setup

The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
The classroom setup was simple and efficient.

Makeup

Cosmetics applied to the face, such as lipstick, facial power, or eye shadow.

Setup

A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
Trust me, that was a setup!

Makeup

The aggregate of cosmetics and costume worn by an actor.

Setup

(computing) An installer.

Makeup

The effect or appearance of the wearing of makeup (in senses 3 or 4); often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character; as, her makeup was very realistic.

Setup

(operations) The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
A simple setup on the bottling line involves reloading bottles and labels; emptying, cleaning, and reloading the tanks; and a test run.

Makeup

An action that is taken to fulfill a requirement not accomplished at the expected time, such as a make-up examination; as, the student took his make-up on Saturday.

Setup

(hydrology) The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
There was a strong wind setup at the south end of the lake after a day of northerly gales.

Makeup

The appearance of a page of a publication, specifically the type style of the text and the spatial arrangement of the text, illustrations, advertising material etc., on the page.

Setup

(boxing) A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
The jab is most commonly used as a setup for other strikes.

Makeup

The art or process of arranging the portions of a printed publication on the pages for esthetic reasons or for optimal effect on the reader.

Setup

Misspelling of set up

Makeup

The way in which someone or something is composed

Setup

Equipment designed to serve a specific function

Makeup

Cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance

Setup

The way something is organized or arranged;
It takes time to learn the setup around here

Makeup

An event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event;
He missed the test and had to take a makeup
The two teams played a makeup one week later

Setup

An act that incriminates someone on a false charge

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