speculate vs put

put vs speculate

speculate is not a noun while put is a noun.

speculate and put both are verbs.

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

As verbs, put is a hypernym of speculate; that is, put is a word with a broader meaning than speculate:

speculate: invest at a risk
put: make an investment

Other hypernyms of speculate include commit, invest, place.

speculate (noun)	put (noun)
	the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

speculate (verb)	put (verb)
reflect deeply on a subject	arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds	estimate
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	formulate in a particular style or language
invest at a risk	attribute or give
	put into a certain place or abstract location
	cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
	adapt
	cause (someone) to undergo something
	make an investment

Difference between speculate and put

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