As verbs the difference between place and wedge
is that
place is while
wedge is to support or secure using a wedge.
As a noun wedge is
one of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering () or
wedge can be (uk|cambridge university|slang) the person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.