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makes the difference

makes the difference is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make the difference.

Meaning of make the difference

Verb

make the difference (third-person singular simple present makes the difference, present participle making the difference, simple past and past participle made the difference)

  1. To be the decisive factor.

Questions about makes the difference

What is makes the difference the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Makes the difference is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make the difference.

Words near makes the difference in the dictionary

  1. makes the best of one's way
  2. makes the case for
  3. makes the cheese more binding
  4. makes the cut
  5. makes the deasil
  6. makes the difference
  7. makes the dust fly
  8. makes the feathers fly
  9. makes the first move
  10. makes the fur fly
  11. makes the grade

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Adapted from Wiktionary: makes the difference (page history and authors); make the difference (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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