nnoun.eventan event in which one thing is substituted for anotherSynset:permutation replacement switch transposition
Examples:- the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood
Derivationally Related Form:substitutereplaceswitch
Hypernyms:fluctuation variation
Inherited Hypernyms:substitutionvariationchangehappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"Synset:commutation exchange
Derivationally Related Form:substituteexchangecommute
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:substitutionchangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:ablactationreplacementreplacingsubrogationweaning
Full Hyponyms:novationpitching changereplacementsubrogationsuperseduresupplantingweaning