Setup vs. Makeup — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Setup and Makeup
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Definitions
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