displacement vs reaction

reaction vs displacement

displacement and reaction both are nouns.

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

As nouns, reaction is a hypernym of displacement; that is, 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
reaction: (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others

Other hypernyms of displacement include chemical reaction.

displacement (noun)	reaction (noun)
act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics	a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
act of removing from office or employment	doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like
the act of uniform movement	an idea evoked by some experience
to move something from its natural environment	extreme conservatism in political or social matters
an event in which something is displaced without rotation	(mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one	a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude
(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound	(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others

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