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be vs amount

amount vs be

be is not a noun while amount is a noun.

be and amount both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
be No No Yes No
amount Yes No Yes No
As verbs, amount is a hyponym of be; that is, amount 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)
  • amount: add up in number or quantity
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, 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, accept, 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 (noun) amount (noun)
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
a quantity of money
be (verb) amount (verb)
spend or use time to measure up to in kind or quality
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function add up in number or quantity
have an existence, be extant be tantamount or equivalent to
have life, be alive
form or compose
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
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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