WordCmp.com

buy it vs give-up the ghost

give-up the ghost vs buy it

buy it and give-up the ghost both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
buy it No No Yes No
give-up the ghost No No Yes No
As verbs, give-up the ghost is a hypernym of buy it; that is, give-up the ghost is a word with a broader meaning than buy it:
  • buy it: be killed or die
  • give-up the ghost: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Other hypernyms of buy it include buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.
buy it (verb) give-up the ghost (verb)
be killed or die pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Difference between buy it and give-up the ghost

Words related to "buy it"

Words related to "give-up the ghost"

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