Are "worth" and "value" interchangeable? [closed]
Say I was to describe someone (or something) as:
"Having a lot of value".
Could I also say:
"Having a lot of worth"
and mean the same thing?
Edit, another example:
"This document has value"
vs
"This document has worth"
Solution 1:
No, the words worth and value are not directly interchangeable.
Consider the following phrases:
- having a lot of value
- they value your time
- it was worth it
Each of the above phrases is idiomatic. But if you substitute worth and value for each other, you get
- *having a lot of worth
- *they worth your time
- *it was value it
which are not idiomatic.