several forms such as die and dead are: die, dead, death, dying. The differences are: different forms, different usages and different emphases.
1. Different definitions:
(1)die: death, extinction; Withered, withered; Desire, hope.
(2)dead: dead; Complete; Senseless; Stiff.
(3)death: death; (some) way to die; Critically ill; Death.
(4)dying: eager; Dying, dying.
2. Different usage
(1)die: cannot be used in the passive voice; Emphasis on action is an instantaneous verb, which can not be used with adverbials indicating a period of time, but can be used in the continuous tense, meaning "dying soon;" Dying "
(2)dead: it is often used as an attribute, predicative or complement to indicate the state of death.
(3)death: used as subject, object, etc.
(4)dying: used as an adverbial.
3. Different emphases
(1)die: the third person singular, indicating the end of life, is an intransitive verb.
(2)dead: adjective, used with be verb.
(3)death: a noun, which is uncountable.
(4) dying: the present participle of die, adjective.