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displacement vs replacing

replacing vs displacement

displacement and replacing both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
displacement Yes No No No
replacing Yes No No No
As nouns, replacing is a hypernym of displacement; that is, replacing is a word with a broader meaning than displacement:
  • displacement: act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
  • replacing: the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
Other hypernyms of displacement include replacement.
displacement (noun) replacing (noun)
act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
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 replacing

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