transposition vs replacement

replacement vs transposition

transposition and replacement both are nouns.

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

As nouns, transposition and replacement are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of transposition include permutation, substitution, switch.

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

Difference between transposition and replacement

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