situate vs lay

situate is not a noun while lay is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
situate	No	No	Yes	No
lay	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, lay is a hypernym of situate; that is, lay is a word with a broader meaning than situate:

Other hypernyms of situate include place, pose, position, put, set.

situate (noun)	lay (noun)
	a narrative poem of popular origin
	a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

situate (adjective)	lay (adjective)
	not of or from a profession
	characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

situate (verb)	lay (verb)
put (something somewhere) firmly	put in a horizontal position
determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey	put into a certain place or abstract location
	lay eggs
	prepare or position for action or operation
	impose as a duty, burden, or punishment