Replacement vs Alternative - What's the difference?
replacement | alternative |
A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
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The act of replacing something.
Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities
Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground (e.g., alternative medicine, alternative lifestyle, (alternative rock)).
Other.
alternate; reciprocal
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
* 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , XI:
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
As nouns the difference between replacement and alternative
is that replacement is a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute while alternative is a situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.As an adjective alternative is
relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.replacement
English
Noun
(en noun)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.}}
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* overreplacement * subreplacementSee also
* spare partalternative
English
(wikipedia alternative)Adjective
(-)- an alternative proposition
- (Holland)
Derived terms
* alternative dispute resolution * alternative energy * alternative lifestyle * alternative medicine * alternative press * alternative voteNoun
(en noun)- ‘The cloister or a betrothed husband?’ I echoed—‘Is that the alternative destined for Miss Vernon?’