count vs guess

count and guess both are nouns.

count and guess both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
count	Yes	No	Yes	No
guess	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, guess is a hypernym of count; that is, guess is a word with a broader meaning than count:

count: take account of
guess: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

Other hypernyms of count include approximate, estimate, gauge, judge.

count (noun)	guess (noun)
the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order	an estimate based on little or no information
a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl	a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
the total number counted

count (verb)	guess (verb)
include as if by counting	expect, believe, or suppose
have faith or confidence in	judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
take account of	guess correctly; solve by guessing
determine the number or amount of	put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
name or recite the numbers in ascending order
show consideration for; take into account
have weight; have import, carry weight
put into a group
have a certain value or carry a certain weight

Difference between count and guess

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