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be vs accept

accept vs be

be and accept both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
be No No Yes No
accept No No Yes No
As verbs, accept is a hyponym of be; that is, accept is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than be:
  • be: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  • accept: be designed to hold or take
Other hyponyms of be include look, hurt, suffer, be well, suffer, feel, remain, rest, stay, continue, coruscate, scintillate, sparkle, bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw, rank, point, need, require, want, compact, pack, rest, cut, boil, seethe, moon about, moon around, mope, appear, look, seem, appear, seem, owe, belong, cover, represent, account, cut across, begin, start, begin, stand, define, delimit, delimitate, delineate, specify, go, add up, make sense, comprise, consist, prove, turn out, turn up, account for, remain, adhere, stand by, stick, stick by, footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry, add up, amount, come, number, total, count, matter, weigh, rate, deserve, merit, buy, shine, fall, depend, underlie, behoove, behove, stink, blow, suck, delimit, subtend, body forth, embody, incarnate, substantiate, contain, hold, take, be, cost, measure, buzz, hum, seethe, abound, disaccord, disagree, discord, gape, yaw, yawn, be given, incline, lean, run, tend, go, run, enter, figure, press, rage, interrelate, relate, rut, stagnate, stagnate, come in handy, squat, hoodoo, impend, range, run, continue, remain, stay, stay on, sell, translate, head, head up, come in for, compare, come, fall, encounter, run into, gravitate, pay, diverge, shine, iridesce, lie, stand, hang, litter, suit, end, terminate, fit, lend, let go, belong, belong, curve, twist, wind, jumble, mingle, promise, take, clean, draw, wash, balance, come, hail, act, test, answer, beat, hold, count, contain, connect, sell, sell, kill, make, adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, embellish, grace, consist, work, lubricate, breathe, trim, swing, osculate, retard, transplant, cohere, object, stick, recognize, distribute, put out, bake, broil, drown, swim, swim, belong, geek.
be (verb) accept (verb)
spend or use time consider or hold as true
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function react favorably to; consider right and proper
have an existence, be extant tolerate or accommodate oneself to
have life, be alive be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
form or compose give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) receive willingly something given or offered
occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
be identical to; be someone or something admit into a group or community
be identical or equivalent to receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
represent, as of a character on stage make use of or accept for some purpose
be priced at be designed to hold or take
to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
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