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difference between "make a call" and "place a call"
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What is the difference between "make a call" and "place a call"?
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They can be used interchangeably when talking about a phone call. In the US, you'd be more likely to hear "make a call." You might use "place" if, for example, you are a secretary dialing the phone for your boss -- You are "placing" a call, he is "making" a call.
Also, in the infrequent occasions when someone uses "call" to mean "visit," you could only use "make" never "place." I think this use is pretty much used only by sales people and ministers and maybe people visiting someone who was recently bereaved (making a condolence call).
In sports, you will hear that an umpire or referee "makes a call" when he decides a player has fouled, or the ball is in bounds, etc. Derived from this, you get the colloquial expression that means "you make the decision or judgement" as in:
George W. Bush: righteous soldier or swaggering idiot? You make the call!
Also, in the infrequent occasions when someone uses "call" to mean "visit," you could only use "make" never "place." I think this use is pretty much used only by sales people and ministers and maybe people visiting someone who was recently bereaved (making a condolence call).
In sports, you will hear that an umpire or referee "makes a call" when he decides a player has fouled, or the ball is in bounds, etc. Derived from this, you get the colloquial expression that means "you make the decision or judgement" as in:
George W. Bush: righteous soldier or swaggering idiot? You make the call!
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