be vs dwell

be and dwell both are verbs.

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

As verbs, dwell is a hyponym of be; that is, dwell is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than be:

As verbs, dwell is a hyponym of be; that is, dwell is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than be:

be (verb)	dwell (verb)
spend or use time	think moodily or anxiously about something
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function	come back to
have an existence, be extant	be an inhabitant of or reside in
have life, be alive	originate (in)
form or compose	exist or be situated within
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