attitude vs missionary position

missionary position vs attitude

attitude and missionary position both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
attitude	Yes	No	No	No
missionary position	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, missionary position is a hyponym of attitude; that is, missionary position is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than attitude:

attitude: the arrangement of the body and its limbs
missionary position: a position for sexual intercourse; a man and woman lie facing each other with the man on top; so-called because missionaries thought it the proper position for primitive peoples

Other hyponyms of attitude include order arms, ballet position, decubitus, eversion, lithotomy position, lotus position, pose, presentation, ectopia, asana, guard, sprawl, sprawling, stance, tuck, standard anatomical position, back stance, crouch start.

attitude (noun)	missionary position (noun)
a theatrical pose created for effect	a position for sexual intercourse; a man and woman lie facing each other with the man on top; so-called because missionaries thought it the proper position for primitive peoples
the arrangement of the body and its limbs
a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)

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