depress vs displace

depress and displace both are verbs.

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

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

depress: press down
displace: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

Other hypernyms of depress include move.

depress (verb)	displace (verb)
lessen the activity or force of	cause to move, usually with force or pressure
press down	cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
cause to drop or sink	take the place of or have precedence over
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted	terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
lower (prices or markets)