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direct vs position

position vs direct

direct is not a noun while position is a noun.

direct is an adjective but position is not an adjective.

direct and position both are verbs.

direct is an adverb but position is not an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
direct No Yes Yes Yes
position Yes No Yes No
As verbs, position is a hypernym of direct; that is, position is a word with a broader meaning than direct:
  • direct: point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
  • position: cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
direct (noun) position (noun)
the act of putting something in a certain place
a job in an organization
(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
direct (adjective) position (adjective)
direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
(of a current) flowing in one direction only
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
lacking compromising or mitigating elements
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
being an immediate result or consequence
direct (verb) position (verb)
plan and direct (a complex undertaking) put into a certain place or abstract location
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
command with authority
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
put an address on (an envelope)
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
guide the actors in (plays and films)
lead, as in the performance of a composition
take somebody somewhere
cause to go somewhere
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
govern or manage
direct (adverb) position (adverb)
without deviation
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