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owe vs be

be vs owe

owe and be both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
owe No No Yes No
be No No Yes No
As verbs, be is a hypernym of owe; that is, be is a word with a broader meaning than owe:
  • owe: be in debt
  • be: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
owe (verb) be (verb)
be in debt spend or use time
be obliged to pay or repay work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense 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 owe and be

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