locate vs find

locate is not a noun while find is a noun.

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

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

locate: discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
find: come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost

Other hypernyms of locate include regain.

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

locate: determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
find: establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

Other hypernyms of locate include ascertain, determine, find out.

locate (noun)	find (noun)
	the act of discovering something
	a productive insight

locate (verb)	find (verb)
take up residence and become established	receive a specified treatment (abstract)
discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining	accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
assign a location to	come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey	establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
	decide on and make a declaration about
	make a discovery, make a new finding
	succeed in reaching; arrive at
	perceive or be contemporaneous with
	discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
	perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
	come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
	get something or somebody for a specific purpose
	come upon, as if by accident; meet with
	obtain through effort or management
	get or find back; recover the use of