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position vs list

list vs position

position and list both are nouns.

position and list both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
position Yes No Yes No
list Yes No Yes No
As nouns, list is a hyponym of position; that is, list is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than position:
  • position: the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
  • list: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
Other hyponyms of position include occlusion, inclination, lean, leaning, tilt, gradient, slope, arrangement, placement, point of view, coincidence, dead center, dead centre, centrality, marginality, anteriority, posteriority, externality, outwardness, inwardness, malposition, misplacement, northernness, southernness, horizontality, erectness, uprightness, verticality, verticalness, slot, elbow room, room, way, direction, angular position.
position (noun) list (noun)
the act of putting something in a certain place the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
a job in an organization a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
(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) list (verb)
put into a certain place or abstract location give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation enumerate
tilt to one side
cause to lean to the side
include in a list
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