pace vs speed

pace and speed both are nouns.

pace and speed both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pace	Yes	No	Yes	No
speed	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, speed is a hyponym of pace; that is, speed is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pace:

pace: the relative speed of progress or change
speed: a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens

Other hyponyms of pace include fastness, swiftness, beat, celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness, deliberateness, deliberation, slowness, unhurriedness, sluggishness, bit rate.

pace (noun)	speed (noun)
a step in walking or running	changing location rapidly
the relative speed of progress or change	a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride	a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
the distance covered by a step	the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
the rate of moving (especially walking or running)	distance travelled per unit time
the rate of some repeating event

pace (verb)	speed (verb)
measure (distances) by pacing	move faster
regulate or set the pace of	cause to move faster
walk with slow or fast paces	move very fast
go at a pace	travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
	move hurridly

Difference between pace and speed

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