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I have two categories of English words. (Some English words are in neither category, and some are in both.) Use the examples below to determine the categories' membership criteria and explain the categories' names. The examples I give are of words that are in one category and not in the other.

T Words M Words
care mistake
look scene
message conversation
pause progress
shower bed
photograph drawing
dump deposit
chance wish
stand move
chill motion

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T Words,M Words
care,mistake
look,scene
message,conversation
pause,progress
shower,bed
photograph,drawing
dump,deposit
chance,wish
stand,move
chill,motion
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T words are:

Those that can be in the form of "Take a ..."

M words are:

Those that can be in the form of "Make a ..."

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  • $\begingroup$ Bravo! Except that some are missing the rot13(frpbaq jbeq, gur negvpyr). $\endgroup$
    – msh210
    Aug 6, 2019 at 15:00
  • $\begingroup$ @msh210 I would consider "stand" to be an M word as well. $\endgroup$
    – hdsdv
    Aug 6, 2019 at 15:15
  • $\begingroup$ @hdsdv, dang, I guess you're right. Sorry, I tried to be careful. $\endgroup$
    – msh210
    Aug 6, 2019 at 15:52
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    $\begingroup$ Fun fact: There are also B words like rot13(pnxr) and R words like rot13(ynja) :P $\endgroup$
    – Jafe
    Aug 7, 2019 at 4:30

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