displacement vs move

move vs displacement

displacement and move both are nouns.

displacement is not a verb while move is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
displacement	Yes	No	No	No
move	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

displacement: the act of uniform movement
move: the act of changing location from one place to another

Other hypernyms of displacement include motion, movement.

displacement (noun)	move (noun)
act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics	the act of deciding to do something
act of removing from office or employment	the act of changing your residence or place of business
the act of uniform movement	(game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
to move something from its natural environment	a change of position that does not entail a change of location
an event in which something is displaced without rotation	the act of changing location from one place to another
(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

displacement (verb)	move (verb)
	be in a state of action
	go or proceed from one point to another
	progress by being changed
	propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
	have a turn; make one's move in a game
	give an incentive for action
	have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
	arouse sympathy or compassion in
	move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
	cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
	change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
	change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
	dispose of by selling
	perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
	follow a procedure or take a course
	live one's life in a specified environment

Difference between displacement and move

Words related to "move"

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