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Placement vs Replacement - What's the difference?

placement | replacement |

As nouns the difference between placement and replacement

is that placement is the act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed while replacement is a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.

placement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
  • A location or position.
    • It seems to me that the placement of that post could be better.
  • The act of matching a person with a job
    • The agency does not guarantee placement , but they work on commission.

    Derived terms

    * job placement * product placement

    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