substitution vs replacement

substitution and replacement both are nouns.

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

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

substitution: the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
replacement: the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another

Other hyponyms of substitution include replacing, subrogation, ablactation, weaning.

As nouns, substitution and replacement are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of substitution include permutation, switch, transposition.

substitution (noun)	replacement (noun)
the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:	the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
an event in which one thing is substituted for another	a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
	an event in which one thing is substituted for another
	a person who follows next in order
	someone who takes the place of another person
	filling again by supplying what has been used up

substitution vs replacement

substitution and replacement both are nouns.

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