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What is the difference between replacement and substitution?

replacement | substitution |

As nouns the difference between replacement and substitution

is that replacement is a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute while substitution is the act of substituting or the state of being substituted.

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

    substitution

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of substituting or the state of being substituted
  • a substitute or replacement
  • (chemistry) (especially in organic chemistry) the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another

    • Derived terms

    * substitution cipher * substitution reaction * substitution rule

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