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displacement vs luxation

luxation vs displacement

displacement and luxation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
displacement Yes No No No
luxation Yes No No No
As nouns, luxation is a hyponym of displacement; that is, luxation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than displacement:
  • displacement: an event in which something is displaced without rotation
  • luxation: displacement or misalignment of a joint or organ
Other hyponyms of displacement include amplitude.
displacement (noun) luxation (noun)
act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics displacement or misalignment of a joint or organ
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 luxation

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