be vs move

be

verb
  • To occur, to take place. 

  • Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase. 

  • Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective. 

  • Used to link a subject to a measurement. 

  • Used to express future action as well as what is due to, intended to, or should happen. 

  • Used to state the age of a subject in years. 

  • Used to form the continuous aspect. 

  • To occupy a place. 

  • Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same. 

  • To exist. 

  • 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 indicate the time of day. 

  • Used to link two noun clauses, the first of which is a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place), and the second of which is a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. 

  • To exist or behave in a certain way. 

  • Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go". 

  • To tend to do, often do; marks the habitual aspect. 

  • Used to form the passive voice. 

  • Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs; this was more common in archaic use, especially with verbs indicating motion. "He is finished", and "He is gone" are common, but "He is come" is archaic. 

  • Used to indicate that the subject is an instance of the predicate nominal. 

  • Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event. 

  • To exist; to have real existence, to be alive. 

  • Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like. 

noun
  • The name of the Cyrillic script letter Б / б. 

move

verb
  • To act; to take action; to begin to act 

  • To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another 

  • To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion). 

  • To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence. 

  • To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in. 

  • To request an action from the court. 

  • To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another. 

  • To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs). 

  • To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another. 

  • To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit 

noun
  • The event of changing one's residence. 

  • A change in strategy. 

  • A round, in which each player has a turn. 

  • The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game. 

  • The act of moving; a movement. 

  • An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose. 

  • A transfer, a change from one employer to another. 

  • A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc. 

How often have the words be and move occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )