cackle vs speak

cackle is a noun but speak is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cackle	Yes	No	Yes	No
speak	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, speak is a hypernym of cackle; that is, speak is a word with a broader meaning than cackle:

Other hypernyms of cackle include mouth, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize.

cackle (noun)	speak (noun)
a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
noisy talk
the sound made by a hen after laying an egg

cackle (verb)	speak (verb)
emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing	express in speech
squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens	exchange thoughts; talk with
talk or utter in a cackling manner	use language
make a noise characteristic of a goose	give a speech to
	make a characteristic or natural sound