plant vs position

plant and position both are nouns.

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

As verbs, position is a hypernym of plant; that is, position is a word with a broader meaning than plant:

Other hypernyms of plant include lay, place, pose, put, set.

As verbs, position is a hypernym of plant; that is, position is a word with a broader meaning than plant:

plant: place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive
position: put into a certain place or abstract location

Other hypernyms of plant include lay, place, pose, put, set.

plant (noun)	position (noun)
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion	the act of putting something in a certain place
buildings for carrying on industrial labor	a job in an organization
something planted secretly for discovery by another	(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience	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

plant (verb)	position (verb)
put firmly in the mind	put into a certain place or abstract location
put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground	cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
fix or set securely or deeply
place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive
set up or lay the groundwork for
place into a river