Difference between Supersede and Replace

What is the difference between Supersede and Replace?

Supersede as a verb is set (something) aside. while Replace as a verb is to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.

Supersede

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Set (something) aside. Take the place of. Displace in favour of another.

Replace

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.To supply or substitute an equivalent for.To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfil the end or office of.To demolish a building and build a updated form of that building in its place.To place again.To put in a new or different place.

Example sentence: I will form good habits and become their slave. And how will I accomplish this difficult feat? Through these scrolls it will be done, for each scroll contains a principle which will drive a bad habit from my life and replace it with one which will bring me closer to success.

We hope you now know whether to use Supersede or Replace in your sentence.

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