replacement vs transposition

transposition vs replacement

replacement and transposition both are nouns.

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

As nouns, replacement and transposition are synonyms defined as:

replacement and transposition: an event in which one thing is substituted for another

Other synonyms of replacement include permutation, substitution, switch.

replacement (noun)	transposition (noun)
the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another	the act of reversing the order or place of
a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another	(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
an event in which one thing is substituted for another	(mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
a person who follows next in order	(electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance
someone who takes the place of another person	(genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
filling again by supplying what has been used up	an event in which one thing is substituted for another
	any abnormal position of the organs of the body

Difference between replacement and transposition

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