posit vs position

position vs posit

posit and position both are nouns.

posit and position both are verbs.

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

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

posit: put (something somewhere) firmly
position: put into a certain place or abstract location

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

posit (noun)	position (noun)
(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning	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

posit (verb)	position (verb)
take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom	put into a certain place or abstract location
put before	cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
put (something somewhere) firmly

Difference between posit and position

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