Make and Promote

Make

Make verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

Usage example: the cats made quite a disturbance when they knocked the Christmas tree over

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Promote and make are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Promote" instead a verb "Make".

Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

Promote verb - To move higher in rank or position.

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Make and promote are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Make" instead a verb "Promote".

love	make love	promote love
character	make character	promote character
work	make work	promote work
people	make people	promote people
Other words: kind, peace, point, show, use, way, world, game, music, version, film, movie, games.

Geffen felt it in their best interests not to heavily promote The Fox to make it less commercially attractive to convince MCA to settle, or to make it less of an incentive in case MCA won the rights.

Source: Music Is Politics
A skit at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards has Ben Stiller trying to make a viral video to promote Tropic Thunder.

Source: Hilarious In Hindsight / Live-Action TV
In an attempt to promote her wares, Rarity uses a Zebrican ritual which she thinks will make her costumes more realistic.

Source: Becoming the Costume

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