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What is the difference "I made him angry" and "I got him angry"?

English Language & Usage Asked on March 20, 2021

These are from dictionaries, and it is hard to distinguish "make somebody/something + adj" and "get somebody/something + adj" and grammar books seldom talk about them

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18 MAKE SOMEBODY/SOMETHING BECOME SOMETHING [transitive] to make
someone or something change to a new feeling, situation, or state

Sometimes she gets me so angry!

Don’t get the children too excited.

He was terrified of getting her pregnant.

It took them 15 minutes to get the boat ready.

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make somebody/something/yourself + adj. to cause somebody/something to
feel, show or have a particular quality; to cause somebody/something
to be or become something

The news made him very happy.

She made her objections clear.

Technology promises to make our lives easier.

He made it clear that he objected.

The full story was never made public.

What is the difference "I made him angry" and "I got him angry"?

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I made him angry.

Making him angry may not have been your intention. You may have said or done something and, even though it wasn't something you expected, it made him angry.

I got him angry.

Getting him angry may have been your intention all along. You wanted him angry, and you got him angry.

Answered by Ricky on March 20, 2021

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