be vs stand for

be and stand for both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
be	No	No	Yes	No
stand for	No	No	Yes	No

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

As verbs, stand for is a hypernym of be; that is, stand for is a word with a broader meaning than be:

Other hypernyms of be include represent, symbolise, symbolize, typify.

be (verb)	stand for (verb)
spend or use time	tolerate or bear
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function	denote or connote
have an existence, be extant	express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
have life, be alive	take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
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