placement vs position

placement and position both are nouns.

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

As nouns, placement and position are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of placement include emplacement, locating, location, positioning.

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

placement: the spatial property of the way in which something is placed
position: the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated

Other hypernyms of placement include spatial relation.

placement (noun)	position (noun)
the act of putting something in a certain place	the act of putting something in a certain place
contact established between applicants and prospective employees	a job in an organization
the spatial property of the way in which something is placed	(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

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