Replace
Replace verb - To take the place of.
Set
Set verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.
Usage example: set a book on the table
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- He even ends up getting a new wife, along with his new set of teeth, at Jefferson so that he has a new set of hands to replace Addie.
Source: Literature / As I Lay Dying - Replace a goldfish (namely your dead daughter), set in motion the end of your civilization.
- Jack Vance's "The Miracle Workers" was set on a planet where human colonists made Hollywood Voodoo work to replace their aging technological weapons.
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