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This question might be too basic but up to now I am still in doubt whether my
understanding is correct.

**Example 1**

> A:僕は彼女が懐かしい。I miss her.
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> B:僕は彼女を懐かしくした。I miss her.

**Example 2**

> A:僕は彼女が好きだ。I like her.
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> B:僕は彼女を好きにした。I like her.

# Question

Is there any difference between A and B for both examples given above?
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Is 彼女が懐かしい equal to 彼女を懐かしくした?
Totally different. 懐かしい isn't the grammatical counterpart of the verb "miss".
The literal translation would be "be nostalgic".

The construction in your example #1 is:

> 僕は彼女が懐かしい。 _As for me, she is nostalgic._ = _She is nostalgic to me._ ≈ _I
> miss her._

Thus,

> 僕は彼女を懐かしくした。 _I made her (felt) nostalgic._

I have no idea what it stands for, but that's what it means anyway.

Likewise,

> 僕は彼女が好きだ。 _As for me, she is desirable/pleasant._ = _She is pleasant to me._
> ≈ _I like her._

And your second sentence has a more serious problem, as
[好きにする](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A5%BD%E3%81%8D%E3%81%AB%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B-301913)
is an idiom that means "do as one likes".

> 僕は彼女を好きにした。 _I treated her as I liked._
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Yes, they are quite different.

First, remember that "NounがAdjective" and "NounをVerb" are two very different
animals. 「が」 sentences are pretty straight forward, but 「を」 means that when
translating to English, you are "verb"ing the "noun" so you need to remember
to mentally flip the order.

Second, keep in mind that the "adjective + する" format can generally be
interpreted in two ways: "Cause the Noun to become Adjective", or "Verb in an
Adjective way."

Now for your sentences.

**First Sentence**

「彼女が懐かしい」 itself is already somewhat awkward, as 「懐かしい」 isn't typically used
to say "I miss her". It's more of a nostalgic feeling. I suppose it could be
used in a fashion such as 「今と違っていつも明るかった彼女が懐かしい」. But for the sake of this
question let's let it simply mean "I miss her". By saying 「彼女を懐かしくした」, you are
saying either "I caused her to become nostalgic" or "I did (something) to her
in a nostalgic way". Since there's no verb in the middle, the second
interpretation can be eliminated, leaving only the first.

> 彼女が懐かしい：I miss her/I feel nostalgic about her  
>  彼女を懐かしくした：I caused her to become nostalgic/I made her feel nostalgic

**Second Sentence**

「好きだ」 simply states that you like something, so that’s pretty straightforward.
「～を好きにする」, on the other hand, means to do something as you like, or to do
whatever you like to something. There is no other alternative interpretation.

> 彼女が好きだ： I like her 彼女を好きにした： I did whatever I wanted to her

If you must change a "が+adjective" sentence using an を particle, try using
"を+Verbている".

> 彼女がすきだ to 彼女を愛している
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