chair vs post

chair and post both are nouns.

chair and post both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chair	Yes	No	Yes	No
post	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, post is a hypernym of chair; that is, post is a word with a broader meaning than chair:

chair: the position of professor
post: a job in an organization

Other hypernyms of chair include berth, office, place, position, situation.

chair (noun)	post (noun)
the position of professor	a job in an organization
a seat for one person, with a support for the back	the delivery and collection of letters and packages
an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person	an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position
a particular seat in an orchestra	military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization	the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
	a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
	A message on a social media website
	any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
	the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand

chair (verb)	post (verb)
preside over	display, as of records in sports games
act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university	mark or expose as infamous
	cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
	publicize with, or as if with, a poster
	To post a message on a social media website
	assign to a station
	place so as to be noticed
	mark with a stake
	affix in a public place or for public notice
	ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
	transfer (entries) from one account book to another
	enter on a public list
	assign to a post; put into a post

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