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situate vs bury

bury vs situate

situate and bury both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
situate No No Yes No
bury No No Yes No
As verbs, bury is a hyponym of situate; that is, bury is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than situate:
  • situate: put (something somewhere) firmly
  • bury: place in the earth and cover with soil
Other hyponyms of situate include sediment.
situate (verb) bury (verb)
put (something somewhere) firmly dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey place in the earth and cover with soil
embed deeply
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
cover from sight
place in a grave or tomb
Difference between situate and bury

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