relief vs replacement

replacement vs relief

relief and replacement both are nouns.

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

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

relief: someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
replacement: someone who takes the place of another person

Other hyponyms of relief include locum, locum tenens, double, alternate, surrogate.

relief (noun)	replacement (noun)
aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped	the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)	a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
assistance in time of difficulty	an event in which one thing is substituted for another
the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged	a person who follows next in order
sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background	someone who takes the place of another person
a change for the better	filling again by supplying what has been used up
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
(law) redress awarded by a court
the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
a pause for relaxation

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