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position vs election

election vs position

position and election both are nouns.

position is a verb but election is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
position Yes No Yes No
election Yes No No No
As nouns, election is a hyponym of position; that is, election is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than position:
  • position: the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
  • election: the status or fact of being elected
Other hyponyms of position include face, echelon, equality, equation, equivalence, par, rank, social rank, social station, social status, standing, high status, high ground, high profile, Holy Order, Order, low status, lowliness, lowness, legal status, bar sinister, bastardy, illegitimacy, left-handedness, command, nationality, footing, terms, retirement, rank, caste, dignity, nobility, noblesse, ordination, pedestal, leadership, slot, toehold.
position (noun) election (noun)
the act of putting something in a certain place the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice
a job in an organization a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another the status or fact of being elected
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) election (verb)
put into a certain place or abstract location
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
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