2022-02-09
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – D - displace & misplace
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Dictionary.com:
ออกเสียง displace “dis-PLEYS”
ออกเสียง misplace = “mis-PLEYS”
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:
displace & misplace
These words suggest putting something in a place
where it should not or ought not to be.
To displace is to shift something (usually solid)
more or less permanently from its accustomed place:
”The flood displaced every structure in that section of town.”
To misplace is to put an object in a wrong place
so that it is difficult to find:
“She could no longer sew, for she had misplaced her scissors.”
A person who has been compelled to leave his home or country is displaced;
a worker in a position for which he is unsuited ismisplaced.
The A-Z of Correct English Common Errors in English Dictionary:
displace & misplace
To displace is to move someone or something from its usual place:
A DISPLACED hip; a DISPLACED person.
To misplace something is to put it in the wrong place
(and possibly forget where it is):
A MISPLACED apostrophe; MISPLACED kindness.
Dictionary.com:
SYNONYM STUDY FOR DISPLACE
Displace & misplace
mean to put something in a different place from where it should be.
To displace often means to shift
something solid and comparatively immovable,
more or less permanently from its place:
The flood displaced houses from their foundations.
To misplace is to put an object
in a wrong place so that it is difficult to find:
Papers belonging in the safe were misplaced and temporarily lost.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Choose the Right Synonym for displace
Replace, Displace, Supplant, Supersede
mean to put out of a usual or proper place or into the place of another.
Replace implies a filling of a place once occupied by something lost, destroyed, or no longer usable or adequate.
replaced the broken window
Displace implies an ousting or dislodging.
war had displaced thousands
Supplant implies either a dispossessing or usurping of another's place, possessions, or privileges
or an uprooting of something and its replacement with something else.
was abruptly supplanted in her affections by another
Supersede implies replacing a person or thing that has become superannuated, obsolete, or otherwise inferior.
the new edition supersedes all previous ones
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Pair that look the same
displace carries meanings
such as “to move physicallyout of position,” or
“to remove from the usual or proper place.”
This latter sense has the specific meaning
of “to expel or force to flee from home or homeland,”
as in “displaced persons.”
Misplace, on the other hand,
means “to put in a wrong or inappropriate place,” or “mislay.”
People are displaced when their country is invaded;
keys are misplaced
when you put them somewhere new and don’t remember.
