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position vs replace

replace vs position

position is a noun but replace is not a noun.

position and replace both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
position Yes No Yes No
replace No No Yes No
As verbs, replace is a hyponym of position; that is, replace is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than position:
  • position: put into a certain place or abstract location
  • replace: put something back where it belongs
Other hyponyms of position include enclose, inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in, docket, cock, postpose, prepose, step, put back, stratify, plant, intersperse, nestle, snuggle, pile, arrange, set up, lay over, superimpose, superpose, superpose, park, ensconce, settle, dispose, emplace, emplace, ship, underlay, trench, pigeonhole, shelve, jar, repose, sign, middle, parallelize, butt, recess, reposition, throw, thrust, tee, tee up, rack, rack up, coffin, bed, appose, place down, put down, set down, seed, sow, misplace, juxtapose, set down, bottle, bucket, barrel, ground, pillow, rest, upend, seat, sit, sit down, seat, lay, put down, repose, place upright, stand, stand up, recline, plant, set, instal, install, put in, set up, deposit, fix, posit, situate, ladle, poise, lean, clap, rest, perch, load, cram, set, siphon, seat, position, glycerolise, glycerolize, space, marshal, settle, settle down, throw, imbricate.
position (noun) replace (noun)
the act of putting something in a certain place
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) replace (verb)
put into a certain place or abstract location substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation put something back where it belongs
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
take the place or move into the position of
Difference between position and replace

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