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prevail vs be

be vs prevail

prevail and be both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prevail No No Yes No
be No No Yes No
As verbs, be is a hypernym of prevail; that is, be is a word with a broader meaning than prevail:
  • prevail: be valid, applicable, or true
  • be: have an existence, be extant
Other hypernyms of prevail include exist.
prevail (verb) be (verb)
use persuasion successfully spend or use time
prove superior work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
continue to exist have an existence, be extant
be valid, applicable, or true have life, be alive
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance 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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