The difference between Die and Pass on
When used as verbs, die means to stop living, whereas pass on means to go forward: to proceed.
Die is also noun with the meaning: the cubical part of a pedestal, a plinth.
check bellow for the other definitions of Die and Pass on
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Die as a verb (intransitive):
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. or the sciences:}} :
Examples:
"He died of embarrassment."
"He died from heart failure."
"He died for the one he loved."
"She died with dignity."
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Die as a verb (transitive):
To stop living and undergo (a specified death).
Examples:
"He died a hero's death."
"They died a thousand deaths."
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Die as a verb (intransitive, figuratively):
To yearn intensely.
Examples:
"I'm dying for a packet of crisps."
"I'm dying for a piss."
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Die as a verb (intransitive):
To be utterly cut off by family or friends, as if dead.
Examples:
"The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother."
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Die as a verb (intransitive, figuratively):
To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
Examples:
"He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him."
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Die as a verb (intransitive, colloquial, hyperbolic):
To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
Examples:
"If anyone sees me wearing this ridiculous outfit, I'll die."
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Die as a verb (figurative, intransitive, hyperbolic):
To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
Examples:
"When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements and died."
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Die as a verb (intransitive, of a, machine):
To stop working, to break down.
Examples:
"My car died in the middle of the freeway this morning."
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Die as a verb (intransitive, of a, computer program):
To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
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Die as a verb:
To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
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Die as a verb:
To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
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Die as a verb (often with "to"):
To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
Examples:
"to die to pleasure or to sin"
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Die as a verb (intransitive, video games):
To be killed by an enemy. Usually followed by to or another preposition.
Examples:
"I can't believe I just died to a squirrel!"
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Die as a verb (architecture):
To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
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Die as a verb:
To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
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Die as a verb (of a stand-up comedian or a joke):
To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
Examples:
"Then there was that time I died onstage in Montreal..."
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Die as a noun:
The cubical part of a pedestal, a plinth.
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Die as a noun:
A device for cutting into a specified shape.
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Die as a noun:
A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
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Die as a noun:
A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
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Die as a noun:
An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
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Die as a noun (electronics):
(plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
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Die as a noun:
Any small cubical or square body.
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Die as a noun:
A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
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Die as a noun (obsolete):
That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
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Die as a noun (electronics):
(plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
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Die as a verb:
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Pass on as a verb:
To go forward: to proceed.
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Pass on as a verb:
To convey or communicate.
Examples:
"Can you pass on the information next time you see him?"
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Pass on as a verb:
To transfer (something) to someone, especially by handing or bequeathing it to the next person in a series.
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Pass on as a verb:
To skip or decline.
Examples:
"I'll pass on dessert, thanks."
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Pass on as a verb (idiomatic, euphemistic):
To die.
Examples:
"His uncle passed on last year."