change hands vs displace

change hands and displace both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
change hands	No	No	Yes	No
displace	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, displace is a hypernym of change hands; that is, displace is a word with a broader meaning than change hands:

change hands: be transferred to another owner
displace: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

Other hypernyms of change hands include move.

change hands (verb)	displace (verb)
be transferred to another owner	cause to move, usually with force or pressure
	cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
	take the place of or have precedence over
	terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position