Difference between Hold and Have

What is the difference between Hold and Have?

Hold as a verb is to grasp or grip. while Have as a verb is to possess, own, hold.

Hold

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To grasp or grip. To contain or store. To have and keep possession of something. To reserve. To cause to wait or delay. To detain. To maintain, to consider.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A grasp or grip. Something reserved or kept. A position or grip used to control the opponent. The cargo area of a ship, (often cargo hold). The percentage the house wins on a gamble.

Example sentence: To hold a pen is to be at war.

Have

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To possess, own, hold.To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.must.To give birth to.To engage in sexual intercourse with.(transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command or request.(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.(transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)(transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below)To defeat in a fight; take.To be able to speak a language.

We hope you now know whether to use Hold or Have in your sentence.

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