believe vs expect

believe and expect both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
believe	No	No	Yes	No
expect	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, expect is a hypernym of believe; that is, expect is a word with a broader meaning than believe:

Other hypernyms of believe include anticipate.

believe (verb)	expect (verb)
accept as true; take to be true	be pregnant with
follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer	look forward to the birth of a child
credit with veracity	regard something as probable or likely
be confident about something	look forward to the probable occurrence of
judge or regard; look upon; judge	consider reasonable or due
	consider obligatory; request and expect