be vs equate

be and equate both are verbs.

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

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

be (verb)	equate (verb)
spend or use time	make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function	consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
have an existence, be extant	be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics
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