chemical reaction vs displacement

displacement vs chemical reaction

chemical reaction and displacement both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chemical reaction	Yes	No	No	No
displacement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, displacement is a hyponym of chemical reaction; that is, displacement is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chemical reaction:

chemical reaction: (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others
displacement: (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

Other hyponyms of chemical reaction include addition reaction, aldol reaction, chain reaction, chemical equilibrium, equilibrium, breakdown, chemical decomposition reaction, decomposition, decomposition reaction, displacement reaction, double decomposition, double decomposition reaction, metathesis, elimination reaction, endothermic reaction, exothermic reaction, hydrolysis, neutralisation, neutralisation reaction, neutralization, neutralization reaction, oxidation, oxidisation, oxidization, oxidation-reduction, oxidoreduction, redox, photochemical reaction, reducing, reduction, saponification.

chemical reaction (noun)	displacement (noun)
(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others	act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
	act of removing from office or employment
	the act of uniform movement
	to move something from its natural environment
	an event in which something is displaced without rotation
	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
	(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

Difference between chemical reaction and displacement

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