study vs speculate

speculate vs study

study is a noun but speculate is not a noun.

study and speculate both are verbs.

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

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

study: give careful consideration to
speculate: reflect deeply on a subject

Other hypernyms of study include chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, think over.

study (noun)	speculate (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)

study (verb)	speculate (verb)
be a student of a certain subject	reflect deeply on a subject
learn by reading books	to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning	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
be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning	invest at a risk
think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
give careful consideration to

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