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position vs half-mast

half-mast vs position

position and half-mast both are nouns.

position is a verb but half-mast is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
position Yes No Yes No
half-mast Yes No No No
As nouns, half-mast is a hyponym of position; that is, half-mast is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than position:
  • position: the particular portion of space occupied by something
  • half-mast: a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress
position (noun) half-mast (noun)
the act of putting something in a certain place a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress
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
position (verb) half-mast (verb)
put into a certain place or abstract location
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
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