May Have Made Early Appearance versus May Have Appeared

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What is the difference between "May Have Made Early Appearance" and "May Have Appeared Early"? I can't tell the nuance. The meaning seems to be the same. But linguistically, the former sounds a bit more leisure and legiitmate than the latter. I am not sure.

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New Report Says Coronavirus May Have Made Early Appearance in France
A sample taken on Dec. 27 from a French patient with pneumonia has tested positive for coronavirus, nearly a month before the disease was first officially acknowledged to have emerged in France.


-from New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/...virus-timeline.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
 
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