speculate vs study
study vs speculatespeculate is not a noun while study is a noun.
speculate and study both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| speculate | No | No | Yes | No |
| study | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
study is a hyponym of
speculate; that is, study is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
speculate:
- speculate: reflect deeply on a subject
- study: give careful consideration to
Other hyponyms of speculate include
premeditate, theologise, theologize, introspect, bethink, cogitate, question, wonder, puzzle, consider.
| speculate (noun) | study (noun) |
|---|---|
| a detailed critical inspection | |
| a room used for reading and writing and studying | |
| preliminary drawing for later elaboration | |
| attentive consideration and meditation | |
| a branch of knowledge | |
| applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) | |
| a state of deep mental absorption | |
| a written document describing the findings of some individual or group | |
| a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique | |
| someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play) |
| speculate (verb) | study (verb) |
|---|---|
| reflect deeply on a subject | be a student of a certain subject |
| to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | learn by reading books |
| 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 | consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning |
| invest at a risk | be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning |
| think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes | |
| give careful consideration to |
Words related to "speculate"
- anticipate
- bethink
- bull
- cerebrate
- chew over
- cogitate
- commit
- conjecture
- consider
- construct
- contemplate
- develop
- excogitate
- expect
- explicate
- formulate
- guess
- hazard
- hypothecate
- hypothesise
- hypothesize
- introspect
- invest
- job
- meditate
- mull
- mull over
- muse
- place
- ponder
- premeditate
- pretend
- put
- puzzle
- question
- reason
- reconstruct
- reflect
- retrace
- ruminate
- say
- speculation
- speculative
- speculator
- study
- suppose
- theologise
- theologize
- theorise
- theorize
- think
- think over
- venture
- wonder
Words related to "study"
- absorption
- acquire
- acquisition
- addiction studies
- allometry
- analyse
- analyze
- anatomize
- applied science
- appraise
- architecture
- arts
- assay
- audit
- bailiwick
- bethink
- bibliotics
- blue book
- bone
- bone up
- canvass
- case study
- cerebrate
- check
- check into
- check out
- check over
- check up on
- chew over
- cogitate
- cogitation
- communication theory
- communications
- compare
- composition
- con
- concentration
- consider
- contemplate
- contemplation
- cram
- debate
- deliberate
- design
- diagnose
- discipline
- divinity
- document
- domain
- draft
- drawing
- drill
- drum
- engineering
- engineering science
- engrossment
- equate
- escapology
- examination
- examine
- excogitate
- exercise
- factor
- factor in
- factor out
- field
- field of study
- follow
- frontier
- futuristics
- futurology
- genealogy
- get up
- go over
- graphology
- green paper
- grind away
- hit the books
- house
- humanistic discipline
- humanities
- immersion
- inspect
- investigate
- knowledge base
- knowledge domain
- landscape architecture
- larn
- learn
- learning
- liberal arts
- liken
- look at
- look into
- lucubration
- major
- medical report
- meditate
- memorise
- memoriser
- memorize
- memorizer
- military science
- minor
- moot
- mug up
- mull
- mull over
- muse
- musical composition
- musing
- name
- numerology
- occultism
- olfactology
- ology
- opus
- papers
- peace and conflict studies
- piece
- piece of music
- ponder
- position paper
- practice
- practise
- prepare
- progress report
- protology
- read
- reexamine
- reflect
- reflection
- reflexion
- report
- resurvey
- review
- room
- rough drawing
- ruminate
- rumination
- science
- scientific discipline
- screen
- scrutinise
- scrutinize
- scrutiny
- sieve
- sift
- sketch
- speculate
- student
- studious
- studying
- subject
- subject area
- subject field
- survey
- suss out
- swot
- swot up
- systems theory
- take
- technology
- theogony
- theology
- think
- think over
- thoughtfulness
- trace
- train
- turn over
- view
- vignette
- white book
- white paper
- work
- written document
- written report
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