be vs hold out

be and hold out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
be	No	No	Yes	No
hold out	No	No	Yes	No

be (verb)	hold out (verb)
spend or use time	thrust or extend out
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function	stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
have an existence, be extant	continue to live and avoid dying
have life, be alive	last and be usable
form or compose	wait uncompromisingly for something desirable
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