alignment vs placement

placement vs alignment

alignment and placement both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alignment	Yes	No	No	No
placement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, placement is a hypernym of alignment; that is, placement is a word with a broader meaning than alignment:

alignment: the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
placement: the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

Other hypernyms of alignment include arrangement.

alignment (noun)	placement (noun)
the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other	the act of putting something in a certain place
the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines	contact established between applicants and prospective employees
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac	the spatial property of the way in which something is placed
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

Difference between alignment and placement

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