anticipate vs speculate

anticipate and speculate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anticipate	No	No	Yes	No
speculate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, speculate is a hyponym of anticipate; that is, speculate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than anticipate:

anticipate (verb)	speculate (verb)
be a forerunner of or occur earlier than	reflect deeply on a subject
regard something as probable or likely	to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
realize beforehand	talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
make a prediction about; tell in advance	invest at a risk
be excited or anxious about
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time