tear vs speed

tear and speed both are nouns.

tear and speed both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tear	Yes	No	Yes	No
speed	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, speed is a hypernym of tear; that is, speed is a word with a broader meaning than tear:

tear: move quickly and violently
speed: move hurridly

Other hypernyms of tear include belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, step on it.

tear (noun)	speed (noun)
a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands	changing location rapidly
the act of tearing	a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
an occasion for excessive eating or drinking	a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart	the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
	distance travelled per unit time

tear (verb)	speed (verb)
separate or cause to separate abruptly	move faster
to separate or be separated by force	cause to move faster
strip of feathers	move very fast
move quickly and violently	travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
fill with tears or shed tears	move hurridly

Difference between tear and speed

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