locate vs colonise

locate and colonise both are verbs.

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

As verbs, colonise is a hyponym of locate; that is, colonise is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than locate:

Other hyponyms of locate include colonize, resettle.

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