reaction vs displacement

displacement vs reaction

reaction and displacement both are nouns.

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

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

reaction: (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others
displacement: (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

Other hyponyms of reaction include addition reaction, aldol reaction, chain reaction, chemical equilibrium, equilibrium, breakdown, chemical decomposition reaction, decomposition, decomposition reaction, displacement reaction, double decomposition, double decomposition reaction, metathesis, elimination reaction, endothermic reaction, exothermic reaction, hydrolysis, neutralisation, neutralisation reaction, neutralization, neutralization reaction, oxidation, oxidisation, oxidization, oxidation-reduction, oxidoreduction, redox, photochemical reaction, reducing, reduction, saponification.

reaction (noun)	displacement (noun)
a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent	act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like	act of removing from office or employment
an idea evoked by some experience	the act of uniform movement
extreme conservatism in political or social matters	to move something from its natural environment
(mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body	an event in which something is displaced without rotation
a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others	(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

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