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Relocation vs Translocation - What's the difference?

relocation | translocation |

As nouns the difference between relocation and translocation

is that relocation is the act of moving from one place to another while translocation is removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.

relocation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of moving from one place to another.
  • of a lease.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * (moving to another place) move, removal

    See also

    * resettlement

    Anagrams

    * ----

    translocation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
    • There happened certain translocations at the deluge. — Woodward.
  • (genetics) A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.

    • Related terms

    * translocate

    Anagrams

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