colonize vs locate

colonize and locate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colonize	No	No	Yes	No
locate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, locate is a hypernym of colonize; that is, locate is a word with a broader meaning than colonize:

Other hypernyms of colonize include settle.

colonize (verb)	locate (verb)
settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)	take up residence and become established
settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world	discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
	assign a location to
	determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey