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kick around vs be

be vs kick around

kick around and be both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
kick around No No Yes No
be No No Yes No
As verbs, be is a hypernym of kick around; that is, be is a word with a broader meaning than kick around:
  • kick around: be around; be alive or active
  • be: have an existence, be extant
Other hypernyms of kick around include exist.
kick around (verb) be (verb)
discuss lightly spend or use time
treat badly; abuse work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
be around; be alive or active have an existence, be extant
have life, be alive
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
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