move vs displacement

displacement vs move

move and displacement both are nouns.

move is a verb but displacement is not a verb.

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

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

move: the act of changing location from one place to another
displacement: the act of uniform movement

Other hyponyms of move include approach, approaching, coming, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression, locomotion, travel, lunge, lurch, travel, traveling, travelling, chase, following, pursual, pursuit, ascending, ascension, ascent, rise, descent, swing, swinging, vacillation, return, coast, glide, slide, slippage, flow, stream, crawl, hurrying, speed, speeding, translation, shift, shifting, haste, hurry, rush, rushing, maneuver, manoeuvre, play, migration.

move (noun)	displacement (noun)
the act of deciding to do something	act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
the act of changing your residence or place of business	act of removing from office or employment
(game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game	the act of uniform movement
a change of position that does not entail a change of location	to move something from its natural environment
the act of changing location from one place to another	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

move (verb)	displacement (verb)
be in a state of action
go or proceed from one point to another
progress by being changed
propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
have a turn; make one's move in a game
give an incentive for action
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
arouse sympathy or compassion in
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
dispose of by selling
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
follow a procedure or take a course
live one's life in a specified environment

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