dandle vs displace

dandle and displace both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dandle	No	No	Yes	No
displace	No	No	Yes	No

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

dandle: move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees
displace: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

Other hypernyms of dandle include move.

dandle (verb)	displace (verb)
pet	cause to move, usually with force or pressure
move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees	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