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Displace vs Preempt - What's the difference?

displace | preempt |

As verbs the difference between displace and preempt

is that displace is to move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland while preempt is to appropriate something (before someone else does).

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

    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    preempt

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pre-empt *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to appropriate something (before someone else does)
  • to displace something, or take precedence over something
  • (bridge) to make a preemptive bid at bridge
  • Derived terms

    * preemptive * preemptor * preemptory