position vs lay

position and lay both are nouns.

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

As verbs, position and lay are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of position include place, pose, put, set.

As verbs, lay is a hyponym of position; that is, lay is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than position:

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

Other hypernyms of position include place, pose, position, put, set.

position (noun)	lay (noun)
the act of putting something in a certain place	a narrative poem of popular origin
a job in an organization	a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
(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 (adjective)	lay (adjective)
	not of or from a profession
	characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

position (verb)	lay (verb)
put into a certain place or abstract location	put in a horizontal position
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation	put into a certain place or abstract location
	lay eggs
	prepare or position for action or operation
	impose as a duty, burden, or punishment