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bury vs situate

situate vs bury

bury and situate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bury No No Yes No
situate No No Yes No
As verbs, situate is a hypernym of bury; that is, situate is a word with a broader meaning than bury:
  • bury: place in the earth and cover with soil
  • situate: put (something somewhere) firmly
Other hypernyms of bury include deposit, fix, posit.
bury (verb) situate (verb)
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering put (something somewhere) firmly
place in the earth and cover with soil determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
embed deeply
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
cover from sight
place in a grave or tomb
Difference between bury and situate

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