speculate vs pretend

pretend vs speculate

speculate is not a noun while pretend is a noun.

speculate is not an adjective while pretend is an adjective.

speculate and pretend both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
speculate	No	No	Yes	No
pretend	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, pretend is a hyponym of speculate; that is, pretend is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than speculate:

speculate: talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
pretend: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

Other hyponyms of speculate include guess, hazard, venture, say, suppose.

speculate (noun)	pretend (noun)
	the enactment of a pretense

speculate (adjective)	pretend (adjective)
	imagined as in a play

speculate (verb)	pretend (verb)
reflect deeply on a subject	make believe with the intent to deceive
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds	represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion	put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
invest at a risk	state insincerely
	behave unnaturally or affectedly
	put forward a claim and assert right or possession of

Difference between speculate and pretend

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