anticipate vs take place

anticipate and take place both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anticipate	No	No	Yes	No
take place	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, take place is a hypernym of anticipate; that is, take place is a word with a broader meaning than anticipate:

Other hypernyms of anticipate include come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off.

anticipate (verb)	take place (verb)
be a forerunner of or occur earlier than	come to pass
regard something as probable or likely
realize beforehand
make a prediction about; tell in advance
be excited or anxious about
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time