displacement vs chemical reaction

chemical reaction vs displacement

displacement and chemical reaction both are nouns.

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

As nouns, chemical reaction is a hypernym of displacement; that is, chemical reaction is a word with a broader meaning than displacement:

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

Other hypernyms of displacement include reaction.

displacement (noun)	chemical reaction (noun)
act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics	(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others
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 displacement and chemical reaction

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