chew over vs speculate

chew over and speculate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chew over	No	No	Yes	No
speculate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, chew over and speculate are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of chew over include contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, think over.

chew over (verb)	speculate (verb)
reflect deeply on a subject	reflect deeply on a subject
	to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
	talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
	invest at a risk