Meanings of displace 1. To move or shift from the usual place or position or to force to leave a homeland: Example: Millions of refugees were displaced by the war. 2. To take the place of; supplant. 3. To discharge from an office or position. Meanings of replace 1. To put back into a former position or place. 2. To take or fill the place of. 3. To be or provide a substitute for. 4. To pay back or return; refund.

To displace something means that you cannot find something. Replace means to put something back where it was originally.

displace is to lose the original position. when I moved to china I felt displaced. Misplaced means to lose something. replaced means to get back the same thing. i had to replace the statue because I broke the old one. i gave her money to replace her broken cellphone.