What's the difference between avatar and being?

Avatar


Definition:

  • (n.) The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu.
  • (n.) Incarnation; manifestation as an object of worship or admiration.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Although prostheses are not anatomical avatars, careful appliance prescription and training, coordinated with the child's growth and developmental changes, can optimize the benefits the child derives from the prosthesis.
  • (2) And the characters' creation of an avatar of a dead person based on their writings, in Jonze's film, is an idea that he's been banging on about for years.
  • (3) When it emerged that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had gone missing, he tweeted: "It occurs to me: All our good news on the economy is currently as submerged and lost as the Malaysian Airlines flight recorder..." The MP, whose Twitter avatar is a character from figure-skating comedy Blades Of Glory, also joked about having a relationship with a llama.
  • (4) Bookmaker Paddy Power is currently offering odds of 16-1 on The Force Awakens passing Avatar’s total by June 2016.
  • (5) Sitting with him as he spoke were Sigourney Weaver and Joel David Moore, who starred in Avatar , which charts the fight of the fictitious Na'vi people against outside attempts to pillage their resources on the planet Pandora.
  • (6) Avatar revolutionised the industry with its groundbreaking use of 3D; The Force Awakens is merely concerned with making sure the Star Wars franchise lives on.
  • (7) For the most part, I floated about the treetops while construction went on, overseeing as avatars flew about, sloughing off blocks, pausing to consider a tricky curve or corner, and sloughing again.
  • (8) Seems to me, there isn't quite a Slumdog or a King's Speech this year to grab the popular British attention, and we don't yet have the internecine drama of, say, a race boiling down to Avatar vs Hurt Locker .
  • (9) The director James Cameron will make three sequels to his 2009 sci-fi blockbuster Avatar in New Zealand , he announced on Monday.
  • (10) Martin: 'I can't afford a one-room flat in the cheapest area' avatar yello Photograph: guardian.co.uk After getting on my bike in 1992 and moving to Holland, where I worked for 18-and-a-half years, I returned to the town of my birth in 2011.
  • (11) The room erupted for Marco Rubio, the Ken doll avatar of CPAC crushes.
  • (12) Dan Snyder isn’t satisfied with being the avatar of every cruel and stupid thing about modern capitalism.
  • (13) As a player, I don't remember having many problems projecting myself as Lara – and I don't particularly want an avatar in a game that needs protecting.
  • (14) Watson answered in a mellifluous computerised voice – think Stephen Hawking with extra zing – and in a neat visual trick its screen avatar changed colour depending on how sure it was about each answer.
  • (15) "I mean, I'm glad it went to her and not to James Cameron [for Avatar ]; if that had happened, it would have been too weird.
  • (16) Pinewood is home to a range of productions including the next Clash of the Titans film starring Avatar actor Sam Worthington and TV shows including Dancing On Ice, The Weakest Link and My Family.
  • (17) The saga’s debut instalment, 1977’s Star Wars, made $2.825bn when ticket prices are adjusted for inflation – though Avatar itself is also upgraded to $3.020bn using the same formula.
  • (18) Also, don't retweet @suckup1967 when she tweets at you to say "@rupertmurdoch Gt appearance at the select committee you showed them LOL love your avatar too".
  • (19) Films financed by Ingenious include Avatar, Die Hard 4 and Die Hard 5 and Girl with the Pearl Earring.
  • (20) But right now, in avatar form, he was styled in tan leathers and a rocket pack, and he was figuring out how to make that giant door open and shut on command.

Being


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Be
  • (p. pr.) Existing.
  • (n.) Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence.
  • (n.) That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing without life; as, a human being; spiritual beings.
  • (n.) Lifetime; mortal existence.
  • (n.) An abode; a cottage.
  • (adv.) Since; inasmuch as.

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