Relocated vs Displaced - What's the difference?
relocated | displaced |
(relocate)
to move (something) from one place to another.
to change one's domicile or place of business.
(displace)
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.
As verbs the difference between relocated and displaced
is that relocated is past tense of relocate while displaced is past tense of displace.relocated
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Verb
(head)relocate
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Verb
(en-verb)- We had to relocate the magazine rack because we bruised our shins on it too frequently when it was near the door.
- Alfred relocated to Colorado Springs to take advantage of the boom in the defense industry.