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position vs apposition

apposition vs position

position and apposition both are nouns.

position is a verb but apposition is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
position Yes No Yes No
apposition Yes No No No
As nouns, apposition is a hyponym of position; that is, apposition is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than position:
  • position: the act of putting something in a certain place
  • apposition: the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
Other hyponyms of position include stratification, collocation, juxtaposition, interposition, intervention, orientation, planting, implantation, repositioning, set, superposition, fingering, superposition, temporalization.
position (noun) apposition (noun)
the act of putting something in a certain place the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
a job in an organization (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material
(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
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
position (verb) apposition (verb)
put into a certain place or abstract location
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
Difference between position and apposition

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