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go on vs befall

befall vs go on

go on and befall both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
go on No No Yes No
befall No No Yes No
As verbs, befall is a hyponym of go on; that is, befall is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than go on:
  • go on: come to pass
  • befall: happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
Other hyponyms of go on include break, develop, recrudesce, arise, come up, result, intervene, transpire, give, supervene, go, proceed, come, fall, anticipate, develop, recur, repeat, come off, go off, go over, come around, roll around, happen, materialise, materialize, bechance, happen, bechance, betide, coincide, concur, backfire, backlash, recoil, chance, break, fall, shine, strike, turn out, contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize.
go on (verb) befall (verb)
come to pass happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
continue talking become of; happen to
start running, functioning, or operating
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
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