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occupy vs be

be vs occupy

occupy and be both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
occupy No No Yes No
be No No Yes No
As verbs, be is a hyponym of occupy; that is, be is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than occupy:
  • occupy: require (time or space)
  • be: spend or use time
As verbs, be is a hypernym of occupy; that is, be is a word with a broader meaning than occupy:
  • occupy: occupy the whole of
  • be: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
occupy (verb) be (verb)
consume all of one's attention or time spend or use time
march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
require (time or space) have an existence, be extant
keep busy with have life, be alive
assume, as of positions or roles form or compose
live (in a certain place) have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
occupy the whole of occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
be on the mind of 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 occupy and be

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