Durk, you have a good understanding of verbs! Good job! But, in English, a verb is quite different from an adverb -- which was the central topic of the question asked. In English, there are eight "parts of speech", or components from which all of the language is constructed: NOUN PRONOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB CONJUNCTION PREPOSITION INTERJECTION Most words can function as more than one part of speech, depending on how it is used. But verbs and adverbs are rarely interchangeable. I hope that information is helpful.

I learned English grammar recently, too. Let me try to answer this question.(Since I am not native, maybe not exactly right.) There are four kinds of verb in English. transitive verb (vt) intransitive verb (vi) linking verb can be transitive and or intransitive 1.A transitive verb is always an action verb. It can be followed by an object which receives the action. e.g: I typed this article. 2. An intransitive verb express action that not have an object. e.g:You laughed. 3. A Linking verb express a state of being.It links the subject to another world in the sentence. The most common linking verb is be. Other common linking verb: act, appear, seem, taste, turn. e.g: You are a good student. You seems good. 4. Some verbs can be used as more than one kind of verb e.g: I am typing. I am typing this article. In my opinion, verb is very important not only in English. When you master some verbs, you can use these verbs and body language to communicate simply with others.

Adverbs are used to add information to three other types of words: verbs (think "ADD to the VERB = ADVERB"), adjectives, and other adverbs. The grammar language is that an adverb "modifies" (adds information to) these words. An adverb modifying a verb: "I learn foreign languages QUICKLY." The word "quickly" tells more information about the verb "learn". Here it tells the rate of the learning. An adverb modifying an adjective: "I live in a RATHER large house." The word "large" is an adjective, telling what kind of "house" (noun). The word "rather" adds information to the adjective "large" -- it tells TO WHAT DEGREE it is large. An adverb modifying another adverb: "I learn foreign languages RATHER quickly." Here, the word "quickly" is still an adverb, as explained in the first example above. The word "rather" here tells more about the adverb "quickly" -- it tells HOW quickly. Do remember that many parts of speech (e.g., noun, adjective, adverb, etc.) may be comprised of SEVERAL WORDS in a "phrase" (without a clear subject and verb within the group of words) or a "clause" (having a clear subject and verb within the group of words). Ex: "I fell DOWN THE STAIRS." Here, the subject of the sentence is "I" and the verb is "fell". The word "down" is a preposition. The word "stairs" is a noun, which is the object of that preposition. (The word "the" is an article, which is a type of adjective.) However, the entire prepositional PHRASE -- "down the stairs" -- is acting as an adverb, telling WHERE "fell" happened. This is a tricky point of grammar, but it is worth learning -- that adverbs can be words OR phrases OR clauses.