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Displacement vs Substitution - What's the difference?

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In chemistry terms the difference between displacement and substitution

is that displacement is the process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent while substitution is (especially in organic chemistry) the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another.

As nouns the difference between displacement and substitution

is that displacement is the act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place while substitution is the act of substituting or the state of being substituted.

displacement

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
  • * (rfdate)
  • Unnecessary displacement of funds.
  • * (rfdate) .
  • The displacement of the sun by parallax.
  • The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.
  • (chemistry) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent.
  • (fencing) Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
  • (physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.
  • (grammar)
  • See also

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    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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