saint vs venerate

saint is a noun but venerate is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
saint	Yes	No	Yes	No
venerate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, venerate is a hypernym of saint; that is, venerate is a word with a broader meaning than saint:

saint: hold sacred
venerate: regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of

Other hypernyms of saint include fear, revere, reverence.

saint (noun)	venerate (noun)
person of exceptional holiness
model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

saint (verb)	venerate (verb)
declare (a dead person) to be a saint	regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
hold sacred