half-mast vs position

position vs half-mast

half-mast and position both are nouns.

half-mast is not a verb while position is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
half-mast	Yes	No	No	No
position	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, position is a hypernym of half-mast; that is, position is a word with a broader meaning than half-mast:

half-mast: a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress
position: the particular portion of space occupied by something

Other hypernyms of half-mast include place.

half-mast (noun)	position (noun)
a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress	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

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

Difference between half-mast and position

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