Difference between Preempt and Displace

What is the difference between Preempt and Displace?

Preempt as a verb is to appropriate something (before someone else does) while Displace as a verb is to move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland

Preempt

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to appropriate something (before someone else does) to displace something, or take precedence over something to make a preemptive bid at bridge

Displace

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homelandto supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substituteto have a weight equal to that of the water displaced

We hope you now know whether to use Preempt or Displace in your sentence.

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