Displace vs Dispossess - What's the difference?
displace | dispossess |
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.
To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.
(sports) To take possession of the ball/puck etc. (from someone).
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As verbs the difference between displace and dispossess
is that displace is to move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland while dispossess is to deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.displace
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(displac)Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l)dispossess
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