fend vs make do

fend and make do both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fend	No	No	Yes	No
make do	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, make do is a hypernym of fend; that is, make do is a word with a broader meaning than fend:

fend: try to manage without help
make do: succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

Other hypernyms of fend include contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make out, manage.

fend (verb)	make do (verb)
withstand the force of something	succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
try to manage without help