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knock about vs be

be vs knock about

knock about and be both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
knock about No No Yes No
be No No Yes No
As verbs, be is a hypernym of knock about; that is, be is a word with a broader meaning than knock about:
  • knock about: be around; be alive or active
  • be: have an existence, be extant
Other hypernyms of knock about include exist.
knock about (verb) be (verb)
strike against forcefully spend or use time
be around; be alive or active work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
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
Difference between knock about and be

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