Disguise vs. Makeup

Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.

Example: ‘A cape and moustache completed his disguise.’;

(figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what's beneath.

The act of disguising, notably as a ploy.

Example: ‘Any disguise may expose soldiers to be deemed enemy spies.’;

(archaic) A change of behaviour resulting from intoxication.

(transitive) To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.

Example: ‘Spies often disguise themselves.’;

(transitive) To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.

Example: ‘He disguised his true intentions.’;

(archaic) To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.

To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive.

Example: ‘Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner.’;

To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloak by a false show; to mask; as, to disguise anger; to disguise one's sentiments, character, or intentions.

Example: ‘All God's angels come to us disguised.’;

To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.

Example: ‘I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker of five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship.’;

A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties.

Example: ‘There is no passion which steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises, than pride.’;

Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show.

Example: ‘That eye which glances through all disguises.’;

Change of manner by drink; intoxication.

A masque or masquerade.

Example: ‘Disguise was the old English word for a masque.’;

an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something;

Example: ‘the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories’;

any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity

the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance;

Example: ‘he is a master of disguise’;

make unrecognizable;

Example: ‘The herb disguises the garlic taste’; ‘We disguised our faces before robbing the bank’;

A disguise can be anything which conceals or changes a person's physical appearance, including a wig, glasses, makeup, fake moustache, costume or other items. Camouflage is a type of disguise for people, animals and objects.

(uncountable) An item's composition.

Example: ‘To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup.’;

(uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.

Example: ‘She is wearing a lot of makeup.’;

(manufacturing) Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.

(education) A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.

The way in which the parts of anything are put together.

Example: ‘The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental make-up.’;

The constituent parts of anything; as, the makeup of the new congress was predominantly conservative.

Cosmetics applied to the face, such as lipstick, facial power, or eye shadow.

The aggregate of cosmetics and costume worn by an actor.

The effect or appearance of the wearing of makeup (in senses 3 or 4); often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character; as, her makeup was very realistic.

An action that is taken to fulfill a requirement not accomplished at the expected time, such as a make-up examination; as, the student took his make-up on Saturday.

The appearance of a page of a publication, specifically the type style of the text and the spatial arrangement of the text, illustrations, advertising material etc., on the page.

The art or process of arranging the portions of a printed publication on the pages for esthetic reasons or for optimal effect on the reader.

the way in which someone or something is composed

cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance

an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event;

Example: ‘he missed the test and had to take a makeup’; ‘the two teams played a makeup one week later’;