Make up
Make up verb - To be all the substance of.
Pattern
Pattern verb - Form a pattern.
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Synonyms for Pattern
Make up and pattern are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Make up" instead a verb "Pattern".
Both terms in one sentence
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Yang's from team RWBY's skirt is missing a few segments, but her shorts make up for this by having a segmented pattern around each leg.
Source: Lady Legionnaire Wear -
Their health is kind of lousy but they make up for it by being immune to almost all of the strong weapons, and have basically the same attack pattern as the sector 5 boss.
Source: Video Game / Iji - In the Warhammer 40,000 universe Gaunt's Ghosts series, the people of Tanith (who make up a substantial number of the main characters) all have blue facial tattoos of some pattern or another.
Source: Tribal Face Paint
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