bury vs posit

bury is not a noun while posit is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bury	No	No	Yes	No
posit	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, posit is a hypernym of bury; that is, posit is a word with a broader meaning than bury:

Other hypernyms of bury include deposit, fix, situate.

bury (noun)	posit (noun)
	(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

bury (verb)	posit (verb)
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering	take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
place in the earth and cover with soil	put before
embed deeply	put (something somewhere) firmly
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
cover from sight
place in a grave or tomb