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Is vs Becomes - What's the difference?

is | becomes |

As verbs the difference between is and becomes

is that is is third-person singular of be while becomes is third-person singular of become.

As a noun is

is plural of lang=en.

is

English

(IS)

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . The paradigm of "to be" has been since the time of Proto-Germanic a synthesis of four originally distinct verb stems. The infinitive form "to be" is from .

Alternative forms

* 's

Verb

(head)
  • (be)
    • He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
    Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
    It all depends on what the meaning of is is. - (Bill Clinton)
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "is")

    See also

    * am * are * art * be * been * beest * being * was * wast * were * wert

    Statistics

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    Etymology 2

    .

    Noun

    (head)
    • remember to dot your is
    Usage notes

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l), (l) 100 English basic words English auxiliary verb forms English irregular third-person singular forms English two-letter words 1000 English basic words ----

    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.