athletics vs position

athletics and position both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
athletics	Yes	No	No	No
position	Yes	No	Yes	No

athletics (noun)	position (noun)
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition	the act of putting something in a certain place
participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity	a job in an organization
a contest between athletes	(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
	the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
	the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
	the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
	the arrangement of the body and its limbs
	a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
	a rationalized mental attitude
	an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
	an item on a list or in a sequence
	the particular portion of space occupied by something
	a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
	the appropriate or customary location
	the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
	a condition or position in which you find yourself

athletics (verb)	position (verb)
	put into a certain place or abstract location
	cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation