rub along vs make do

rub along and make do both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rub along	No	No	Yes	No
make do	No	No	Yes	No

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

rub along: manage one's existence barely
make do: succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

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

rub along (verb)	make do (verb)
manage one's existence barely	succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available