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Comes vs Becomes - What's the difference?

comes | becomes |

As verbs the difference between comes and becomes

is that comes is third-person singular of come while becomes is third-person singular of become.

As a noun comes

is the answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.

comes

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)
  • (come)
  • * intransitive verb '>citation
  • * transitive verb (obsolete) '>citation

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena), a companion.

    Noun

  • (music) The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.
    • (Webster 1913)

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    becomes

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (become)
  • (computing) The two-character symbol sequence ":=" used in some programming languages to mean is assigned the value of . Used to distinguish between assignment of value and comparison for equality.