Difference between Follow and Be

What is the difference between Follow and Be?

Follow as a verb is to go or come after in physical space. while Be as a verb is to occupy a place.

Follow

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To go or come after in physical space. To go or come after in a sequence. To carry out in accordance to (orders, instructions, etc). To live one's live according to (religion, teachings, etc). To understand, to pay attention to. To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person. To be a logical consequence of.

Example sentence: I'm here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don't follow what you've been told you're supposed to do.

Be

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To occupy a place.To occur, to take place.To exist.elliptical form of for "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.Used to form the passive voice.Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs. Often still used for to goUsed to form future tenses, especially the future subjunctive.Used to indicate age.Used to indicate height.Used to indicate time of day, day of the week, or date.With since, used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.Used to indicate temperature.

We hope you now know whether to use Follow or Be in your sentence.

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