survive vs make it

survive and make it both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
survive	No	No	Yes	No
make it	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, survive and make it are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of survive include come through, pull round, pull through.

survive (verb)	make it (verb)
support oneself	succeed in a big way; get to the top
continue to live and avoid dying	go successfully through a test or a selection process
continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)	continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
live longer than