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position vs rank

rank vs position

position and rank both are nouns.

position is not an adjective while rank is an adjective.

position and rank both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
position Yes No Yes No
rank Yes Yes Yes No
As nouns, rank is a hyponym of position; that is, rank 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
  • rank: position in a social hierarchy
Other hyponyms of position include face, election, echelon, equality, equation, equivalence, par, 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, caste, dignity, nobility, noblesse, ordination, pedestal, leadership, slot, toehold.
position (noun) rank (noun)
the act of putting something in a certain place a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
a job in an organization the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player the body of members of an organization or group
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another relative status
the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom position in a social hierarchy
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) rank (adjective)
growing profusely
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
very fertile; producing profuse growth
very offensive in smell or taste
position (verb) rank (verb)
put into a certain place or abstract location assign a rank or rating to
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation take or have a position relative to others
take precedence or surpass others in rank
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