Clear and Make

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Clear verb - To receive after charges and deductions have been made.

Usage example: cleared enough from that stock transaction to be able to afford a new luxury automobile

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Make is a synonym for clear in gain topic. In some cases you can use "Make" instead a verb "Clear", when it comes to topics like finance, profit.

Nearby Words: clean, cleared, clearly, clearing, clearness

Make verb - To receive as return for effort.

Usage example: I make considerably more money now than I did when I first started working here

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Clear is a synonym for make in earn topic. Sometimes you can use "Clear" instead a verb "Make", if it concerns topics such as finance, take home.

Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

impression	clear impression	make impression
effort	clear effort	make effort
people	clear people	make people
show	clear show	make show
Other words: time, room, use, jump, game, story.

This isn't an excuse to make work pages dirtier than the work itself, as the above No Lewdness section makes clear, but neither is it an excuse to make those pages cleaner than the work itself.

Source: Administrivia / No Lewdness, No Prudishness
It's actually about work-related deaths (the metaphors at the beginning make it clear that "dance" really means "die"), but many people mistook it for Caparezza professing his love to Apulia.

Source: Music / Caparezza
Similarly, Lavender Town in Red and Blue was probably intended to make the distinction between fainting in battle and actual death clear, as well as to teach kids to treat death with more respect.

Source: Misaimed Fandom / Video Games

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