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pigeonhole vs position

position vs pigeonhole

pigeonhole and position both are nouns.

pigeonhole and position both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pigeonhole Yes No Yes No
position Yes No Yes No
As verbs, position is a hypernym of pigeonhole; that is, position is a word with a broader meaning than pigeonhole:
  • pigeonhole: place into a small compartment
  • position: put into a certain place or abstract location
Other hypernyms of pigeonhole include lay, place, pose, put, set.
pigeonhole (noun) position (noun)
a small compartment the act of putting something in a certain place
a specific (often simplistic) category 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
pigeonhole (verb) position (verb)
treat or classify according to a mental stereotype put into a certain place or abstract location
place into a small compartment cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
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