displacement vs transference

transference vs displacement

displacement and transference both are nouns.

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

As nouns, transference is a hyponym of displacement; that is, transference is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than displacement:

displacement: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
transference: (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst

displacement (noun)	transference (noun)
act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics	transferring ownership
act of removing from office or employment	the act of transferring something from one form to another
the act of uniform movement	(psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst
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 transference

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