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replacing vs displacement

displacement vs replacing

replacing and displacement both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
replacing Yes No No No
displacement Yes No No No
As nouns, displacement is a hyponym of replacing; that is, displacement is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than replacing:
  • replacing: the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
  • displacement: act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
Other hyponyms of replacing include novation, pitching change, supersedure, supersession, supplanting.
replacing (noun) displacement (noun)
the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
act of removing from office or employment
the act of uniform movement
to move something from its natural environment
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
Difference between replacing and displacement

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