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Displace vs Delocalize - What's the difference?

displace | delocalize |

As verbs the difference between displace and delocalize

is that displace is to move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland while delocalize is to remove from a locality.

displace

English

Verb

(displac)
  • To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
  • To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
  • (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.

    • Derived terms

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    delocalize

    English

    Verb

    (delocaliz)
  • (biology) To remove from a locality
  • To broaden the scope of something (to make it more global)
  • (chemistry) To contain an electron in an orbital that extends over several adjacent atoms