dwell vs be

dwell and be both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of dwell include exist.

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

Other hypernyms of dwell include exist.

dwell (verb)	be (verb)
think moodily or anxiously about something	spend or use time
come back to	work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
be an inhabitant of or reside in	have an existence, be extant
originate (in)	have life, be alive
exist or be situated within	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