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Substitution vs Fungibility - What's the difference?

substitution | fungibility |

As nouns the difference between substitution and fungibility

is that substitution is the act of substituting or the state of being substituted while fungibility is the property of a good or a commodity whereby individual units are capable of mutual substitution.

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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    fungibility

    English

    (wikipedia fungibility)

    Noun

    (fungibilities)
  • the property of a good or a commodity whereby individual units are capable of mutual substitution.