Is vs This - What's the difference?
is | this |
(be)
The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).
The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).
A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a ... ".
(Of a unit of time) which is .
To the degree or extent indicated.
The thing, item, etc. being indicated.
(philosophy) Something being indicated that is here; one of these.
* 2001 , James G. Lennox, Aristotle's Philosophy of Biology (page 151)
(Internet slang)
As nouns the difference between is and this
is that is is plural of lang=en while this is something being indicated that is here; one of these.As a verb is
is third-person singular of be.As a determiner this is
the (thing) here used in indicating something or someone nearby.As an adverb this is
to the degree or extent indicated.As a pronoun this is
the thing, item, etc. being indicated.As an interjection this is
Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.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
* 'sVerb
(head)- 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 * wertStatistics
*Etymology 2
.Noun
(head)- remember to dot your is
Usage notes
this
English
(wikipedia this)Determiner
Derived terms
* thisness *Adverb
(-)- I need this much water.
- We've already come this far, we can't turn back now.
Pronoun
(en-pron)- This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars'' — Shakespeare, ''King Lear ,
Act 1. Scene 2.
Noun
(es)- Terms like 'house', 'sphere', 'animal', and 'human' do not refer to other thises distinct from these ones here — they refer to the sort of thing these ones here are.