supervene upon vs displace

supervene upon and displace both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
supervene upon	No	No	Yes	No
displace	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, displace is a hyponym of supervene upon; that is, displace is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than supervene upon:

supervene upon: take the place or move into the position of
displace: take the place of or have precedence over

Other hyponyms of supervene upon include deputise, deputize, step in, substitute, preempt, usurp, oust.

supervene upon (verb)	displace (verb)
take the place or move into the position of	cause to move, usually with force or pressure
	cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
	take the place of or have precedence over
	terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

supervene upon vs displace

supervene upon and displace both are verbs.

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