lie vs position

position vs lie

lie and position both are nouns.

lie and position both are verbs.

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

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

lie: position or manner in which something is situated
position: the particular portion of space occupied by something

Other hypernyms of lie include place.

lie (noun)	position (noun)
a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth	the act of putting something in a certain place
position or manner in which something is situated	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

lie (verb)	position (verb)
tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive	put into a certain place or abstract location
be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position	cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
assume a reclining position
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
originate (in)
have a place in relation to something else
be and remain in a particular state or condition

Difference between lie and position

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