Make and Tend

Make

Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.

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

Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

Tend verb - To show a liking or proneness (for something).

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Make and tend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Make" instead a verb "Tend".

sense	make sense	tend sense
character	make character	tend character
life	make life	tend life
work	make work	tend work
Other words: people, point, case, time, way, game, weapons.

According to her, it's because while using her powers don't tend to make her completely homicidal, they do make her irritable.

Source: Characters / The Reckoners Trilogy
The gnomes themselves can make guns, quite easily in fact, but tend to overcomplicate them and make them useless like they do everything else.

Source: Bungling Inventor
Berserk Button: Vicki's taunting references to "diced carrots", which apparently are metaphors for Tony's impotence, tend to make him fly into rages.

Source: Film / Smarty

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