position vs put

position and put both are nouns.

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

As verbs, position and put are synonyms defined as:

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

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

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

position (noun)	put (noun)
the act of putting something in a certain place	the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
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)	put (verb)
put into a certain place or abstract location	arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation	estimate
	formulate in a particular style or language
	attribute or give
	put into a certain place or abstract location
	cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
	adapt
	cause (someone) to undergo something
	make an investment