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position vs ordination

ordination vs position

position and ordination both are nouns.

position is a verb but ordination is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
position Yes No Yes No
ordination Yes No No No
As nouns, ordination is a hyponym of position; that is, ordination 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
  • ordination: the status of being ordained to a sacred office
Other hyponyms of position include face, election, 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, pedestal, leadership, slot, toehold.
position (noun) ordination (noun)
the act of putting something in a certain place the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
a job in an organization logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player the status of being ordained to a sacred office
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) ordination (verb)
put into a certain place or abstract location
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
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