fluctuation vs replacement

replacement vs fluctuation

fluctuation and replacement both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fluctuation	Yes	No	No	No
replacement	Yes	No	No	No

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

fluctuation: an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
replacement: an event in which one thing is substituted for another

Other hyponyms of fluctuation include vicissitude, allomerism, departure, deviation, difference, divergence, permutation, substitution, switch, transposition, business cycle, trade cycle, daily variation, diurnal variation, tide.

fluctuation (noun)	replacement (noun)
the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes	the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change	a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
a wave motion	an event in which one thing is substituted for another
	a person who follows next in order
	someone who takes the place of another person
	filling again by supplying what has been used up

Difference between fluctuation and replacement

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