press down vs displace

press down and displace both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
press down	No	No	Yes	No
displace	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, displace is a hypernym of press down; that is, displace is a word with a broader meaning than press down:

press down: press down
displace: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

Other hypernyms of press down include move.

press down (verb)	displace (verb)
press down	cause to move, usually with force or pressure
	cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
	take the place of or have precedence over
	terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position