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deracinate vs displace

displace vs deracinate

deracinate and displace both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deracinate No No Yes No
displace No No Yes No
As verbs, displace is a hypernym of deracinate; that is, displace is a word with a broader meaning than deracinate:
  • deracinate: pull up by or as if by the roots
  • displace: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Other hypernyms of deracinate include move.
As verbs, displace is a hypernym of deracinate; that is, displace is a word with a broader meaning than deracinate:
  • deracinate: move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
  • displace: cause to move, usually with force or pressure
deracinate (verb) displace (verb)
pull up by or as if by the roots cause to move, usually with force or pressure
move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment 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
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