be vs gibe

be is not a noun while gibe is a noun.

be and gibe both are verbs.

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

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

be: be identical or equivalent to
gibe: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

Other hyponyms of be include correspond, equate, agree, check, correspond, fit, jibe, match, tally, correspond, represent, stand for, translate.

be (noun)	gibe (noun)
	an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

be (verb)	gibe (verb)
spend or use time	laugh at with contempt and derision
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function	be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
have an existence, be extant
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

Difference between be and gibe

Words related to "be"

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.