scratch along vs make do

scratch along and make do both are verbs.

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

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

scratch 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 scratch along include contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make out, manage.

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