Displacement vs. Distance — What's the Difference?

The act of displacing.

Distance is a numerical measurement of how far apart objects or points are. In physics or everyday usage, distance may refer to a physical length or an estimation based on other criteria (e.g.

The condition of having been displaced.

The length of the space between two points

(Chemistry) A reaction in which an atom, radical, ion, or molecule replaces another in a compound.

The full length of a race

A vector or the magnitude of a vector from the initial position to a subsequent position assumed by a body.

The avoidance of familiarity; reserve

The weight or volume of a fluid displaced by a floating body, used especially as a measurement of the weight or bulk of ships.

Make (someone or something) far off or remote in position or nature

The volume displaced by a single stroke of a piston in an engine or pump.

Beat (a horse) by a distance.

The relative movement between the two sides of a fault.

The extent of space between two objects or places; an intervening space.

The distance between the two sides of a fault. Also called dislocation.

The fact or condition of being apart in space; remoteness.

(Psychiatry) A psychological defense mechanism in which there is an unconscious shift of emotions, affect, or desires from the original object to a more acceptable or immediate substitute.

(Mathematics) The length or numerical value of a straight line or curve.

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

The extent of space between points on a measured course.

The quantity of a liquid displaced by a floating body, as water by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.

The length of a race, especially of a horserace.

(chemistry) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent.

A point or area that is far away

(fencing) Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.

A depiction of a such a point or area.

(physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.

A stretch of space without designation of limit; an expanse

(grammar) The capability of a communication system to refer to things that are not present (that existed or will exist at another time, or that exist at another location).

The extent of time between two events; an intervening period.

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

A point removed in time

The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.

The full period or length of a contest or game

The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent.

An amount of progress

An event in which something is displaced without rotation

Difference or disagreement

Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

Emotional separateness or reserve; aloofness.

The act of uniform movement

To place or keep at or as if at a distance

(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

To cause to appear at a distance.

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one

To leave far behind; outrun.

To move something from its natural environment

(countable) The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.

Act of removing from office or employment

Length or interval of time.

The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities.

Remoteness of place; a remote place.

Remoteness in succession or relation.

A space marked out in the last part of a racecourse.

The entire amount of progress to an objective.

A withholding of intimacy; alienation; variance.

The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.

The space measured back from the winning-post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in the final heat.

(transitive) To move away (from) someone or something.

(transitive) To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind.

(transitive) To lose interest in a specific issue.

The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place.

Remoteness of place; a remote place.

A space marked out in the last part of a race course.

Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear; - contrasted with interval, which is measured from right to left.

Space between two antagonists in fencing.

The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape.

Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety.

Length or interval of time; period, past or future, between two eras or events.

The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.

A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.

Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor.

The interval between two notes; as, the distance of a fourth or seventh.

To place at a distance or remotely.

To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.

The property created by the space between two objects or points

A distant region;

Size of the gap between two places;

Indifference by personal withdrawal;

The interval between two times;

A remote point in time;

Keep at a distance;

Go far ahead of;