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Replacement vs Restitution - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between replacement and restitution

is that replacement is a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute while restitution is a process of compensation for losses.

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

    restitution

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia restitution)
  • (legal) A process of compensation for losses.
  • The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
  • * Spenser
    • A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown.
  • * Sandys
    • He restitution to the value makes.
  • A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.
    • the restitution of an elastic body
  • *
  • That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.
  • (medicine) The movement of rotation which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labour.

    • Synonyms

    * (act of compensating) recompense, indemnification

    Related terms

    * restitute