misalignment vs placement

misalignment and placement both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
misalignment	Yes	No	No	No
placement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, placement is a hypernym of misalignment; that is, placement is a word with a broader meaning than misalignment:

Other hypernyms of misalignment include arrangement.

misalignment (noun)	placement (noun)
the spatial property of things that are not properly aligned	the act of putting something in a certain place
	contact established between applicants and prospective employees
	the spatial property of the way in which something is placed