Make
Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.
Tempt
Tempt verb - To lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Jacuzzi Splot may make you groan in annoyance with his crybaby attitude, but he WILL make you groan in PAIN if you tempt him enough.
Source: Memetic Badass / Anime and Manga - He doesn't make deals, and instead tries to tempt people into committing crimes out of the sin of Greed to damn their own souls, which he can then take "home" when he fills his quotum.
Source: Our Demons Are Different -
They would know all the ways to tempt a person and what pains to make them feel, all in the name of converting someone to their cause.
Source: Literature / Small Favor
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