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position vs goalkeeper

goalkeeper vs position

position and goalkeeper both are nouns.

position is a verb but goalkeeper is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
position Yes No Yes No
goalkeeper Yes No No No
As nouns, goalkeeper is a hyponym of position; that is, goalkeeper is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than position:
  • position: (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
  • goalkeeper: the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring
position (noun) goalkeeper (noun)
the act of putting something in a certain place the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring
a job in an organization the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal
(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
position (verb) goalkeeper (verb)
put into a certain place or abstract location
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
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