live vs be
be vs livelive is an adjective but be is not an adjective.
live and be both are verbs.
live is an adverb but be is not an adverb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| live | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| be | No | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
live and be
are synonyms defined as:
- live and be: have life, be alive
As verbs,
be is a hypernym of
live; that is, be is a
word with a broader meaning than live:
- live: be an inhabitant of or reside in
- be: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
| live (adjective) | be (adjective) |
|---|---|
| possessing life | |
| exerting force or containing energy | |
| actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing | |
| charged or energized with electricity | |
| of current relevance | |
| elastic; rebounds readily | |
| abounding with life and energy | |
| charged with an explosive | |
| highly reverberant | |
| in current use or ready for use | |
| capable of erupting |
| live (verb) | be (verb) |
|---|---|
| have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations | spend or use time |
| have life, be alive | work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function |
| support oneself | have an existence, be extant |
| continue to live and avoid dying | have life, be alive |
| lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style | form or compose |
| pursue a positive and satisfying existence | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) |
| be an inhabitant of or reside in | 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 |
| live (adverb) | be (adverb) |
|---|---|
| not recorded |
Words related to "live"
- British English
- active
- alive
- aliveness
- animate
- animation
- bach
- bachelor
- ball
- be
- bivouac
- board
- bouncy
- breathe
- buccaneer
- bushwhack
- camp
- camp out
- cash out
- charged
- cohabit
- colloquialism
- current
- dead
- dissipate
- domicile
- domiciliate
- drift
- dwell
- eke out
- elastic
- electricity
- encamp
- endure
- exist
- experience
- freewheel
- go
- go through
- hold out
- hold up
- hold water
- hot
- inhabit
- know
- last
- life
- livable
- live
- live down
- live in
- live on
- live out
- live over
- live together
- liveable
- liveborn
- lively
- liveness
- liver
- living
- loaded
- lodge
- lodge in
- move
- neighbor
- neighbour
- nest
- occupy
- outlast
- outlive
- overpopulate
- people
- perennate
- pig
- pig it
- populate
- printing
- printing process
- recorded
- relive
- reside
- resilient
- reverberant
- room
- see
- shack
- shack up
- springy
- stand up
- subsist
- survive
- swing
- taste
- tenant
- tent
- unfilmed
- unlive
- unrecorded
- untaped
- vegetate
- viable
- vital
- vitality
- wanton
Words related to "be"
- abound
- accept
- account
- account for
- act
- add up
- adhere
- adorn
- agree
- amount
- answer
- appear
- attend
- bake
- balance
- be
- be given
- be well
- beat
- beautify
- bedevil
- befuddle
- begin
- behoove
- behove
- being
- belong
- blow
- body
- body forth
- boil
- breathe
- broil
- buy
- buzz
- center on
- check
- clean
- coexist
- cohabit
- cohere
- come
- come in for
- come in handy
- compact
- compare
- compose
- comprise
- confound
- confuse
- connect
- consist
- constitute
- contain
- continue
- correspond
- coruscate
- cost
- count
- cover
- cox
- curve
- cut
- cut across
- deck
- decorate
- define
- delimit
- delimitate
- delineate
- depend
- deserve
- disaccord
- disagree
- discombobulate
- discord
- distribute
- diverge
- draw
- drown
- dwell
- embellish
- embody
- encounter
- end
- endanger
- endure
- enter
- equal
- equate
- exemplify
- exist
- extend
- extend to
- face
- fall
- fall into
- fall under
- feel
- figure
- fill
- fit
- flow
- follow
- footle
- form
- fox
- fuddle
- gape
- geek
- gibe
- go
- go to
- grace
- gravitate
- hail
- hang
- hang around
- head
- head up
- hold
- hold out
- hold up
- hoodoo
- hum
- hurt
- impend
- imperil
- incarnate
- incline
- indwell
- inhabit
- interrelate
- iridesce
- jeopardise
- jeopardize
- jibe
- jumble
- keep one's distance
- keep one's eyes off
- keep one's hands off
- kick about
- kick around
- kill
- knock about
- knock back
- lallygag
- last
- lead
- lean
- lend
- let go
- lie
- lie in
- linger
- litter
- live
- live on
- loaf
- loiter
- lollygag
- look
- lounge
- lubricate
- lurk
- make
- make sense
- make up
- match
- matter
- measure
- menace
- merit
- mess about
- mill about
- mill around
- mingle
- moon about
- moon around
- mope
- need
- number
- object
- obtain
- occupy
- osculate
- outlast
- outlive
- owe
- pack
- pass
- pay
- peril
- personify
- point
- poke out
- populate
- pose
- preexist
- present
- press
- prevail
- promise
- prove
- put back
- put out
- rage
- range
- rank
- rate
- reach
- reach out
- recognize
- relate
- remain
- represent
- require
- rest
- retard
- run
- run into
- rut
- scintillate
- seem
- seethe
- sell
- set back
- shine
- sit
- sit around
- sparkle
- specify
- squat
- stagnate
- stand
- stand back
- stand by
- stand for
- start
- stay
- stay away
- stay on
- stick
- stick by
- stink
- straddle
- stretch
- stretch along
- substantiate
- subtend
- suck
- suffer
- suit
- supplement
- survive
- swim
- swing
- symbolise
- symbolize
- take
- tally
- tarry
- tend
- terminate
- test
- threaten
- throw
- total
- touch
- translate
- transplant
- trend
- trim
- turn out
- turn up
- twist
- typify
- underlie
- use up
- vet
- want
- wash
- weigh
- wind
- work
- yaw
- yawn
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