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Addition vs Replacement - What's the difference?

addition | replacement |

As nouns the difference between addition and replacement

is that addition is addition while replacement is a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.

addition

Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of adding anything.
  • The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.
  • Anything that is added.
  • (uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.
  • (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
  • (legal) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq'.", "Robert Dale, '''Mason'''", "Thomas Way, ' of New York ".
  • (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.
  • See also

    * addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend

    Synonyms

    * (act of adding) adding, annexation, inclusion * (thing added) extra

    Antonyms

    * reduction

    See also

    * plus sign ()

    References

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    replacement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2010 , date=December 28 , author=Kevin Darlin , title=West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Rovers lost keeper Robinson to a calf problem at half-time and his replacement Mark Bunn, making his Premier League debut, was immediately called into action - pushing away a vicious Peter Odemwingie drive at the near post.}}
  • The act of replacing something.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * overreplacement * subreplacement
    See also
    * spare part