appear vs be

appear and be both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
appear	No	No	Yes	No
be	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, be is a hypernym of appear; that is, be is a word with a broader meaning than appear:

appear: give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect
be: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

As verbs, be is a hypernym of appear; that is, be is a word with a broader meaning than appear:

appear: (of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent
be: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

appear (verb)	be (verb)
come into sight or view	spend or use time
be issued or published	work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
come into being or existence, or appear on the scene	have an existence, be extant
appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.	have life, be alive
give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect	form or compose
(of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent	have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority	occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
	be identical to; be someone or something
	be identical or equivalent to
	represent, as of a character on stage
	be priced at
	to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form

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