anticipate vs wager

anticipate is not a noun while wager is a noun.

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

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

Other hyponyms of anticipate include read, outguess, second-guess, augur, bet, calculate, forecast, prophesy, vaticinate.

anticipate (noun)	wager (noun)
	the act of gambling
	the money risked on a gamble

anticipate (verb)	wager (verb)
be a forerunner of or occur earlier than	maintain with or as if with a bet
regard something as probable or likely	stake on the outcome of an issue
realize beforehand
make a prediction about; tell in advance
be excited or anxious about
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time