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stay on vs be

be vs stay on

stay on and be both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
stay on No No Yes No
be No No Yes No
As verbs, be is a hypernym of stay on; that is, be is a word with a broader meaning than stay on:
  • stay on: continue in a place, position, or situation
  • be: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
stay on (verb) be (verb)
continue in a place, position, or situation spend or use time
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
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