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Supplant vs Transplant - What's the difference?

supplant | transplant |

In lang=en terms the difference between supplant and transplant

is that supplant is to take the place of; to replace, to supersede while transplant is to remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.

As verbs the difference between supplant and transplant

is that supplant is to take the place of; to replace, to supersede while transplant is to uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.

As a noun transplant is

an act of uprooting and moving (something).

supplant

English

Alternative forms

* supplaunt (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
  • Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?
  • (obsolete) To uproot, to remove violently.
  • * 1610 , , act 3 scene 2
  • Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in's tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth.

    Synonyms

    * (replace) dethrone, oust, replace, supersede, take over from * (remove violently) uproot, wrench out

    transplant

    English

    Verb

    (transplanting) (en verb)
  • To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.
  • To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
  • (medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of uprooting and moving (something).
  • Anything that is transplanted.
  • (medicine) An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted.
  • (medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue.
  • (US) Someone who is not native to their area of residence.
  • * 2012 , Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 29 Oct 2012:
  • The Seigneur summoned the island's doctor, a young transplant from London named Peter Counsell, who determined that Mrs. Beaumont had suffered a stroke.