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position vs setting

setting vs position

position and setting both are nouns.

position is a verb but setting is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
position Yes No Yes No
setting Yes No No No
As nouns, setting is a hyponym of position; that is, setting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than position:
  • position: the particular portion of space occupied by something
  • setting: the physical position of something
Other hyponyms of position include wing, half-mast, half-staff, lead, pole position, polls, pride of place, anomaly, site, situation, juxtaposition, lie, post, station, pitch, landmark, right, left, back, rear, front, stand, station, vantage.
position (noun) setting (noun)
the act of putting something in a certain place a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
a job in an organization arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player a table service for one person
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another the context and environment in which something is set
the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom the physical position of something
the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated the state of the environment in which a situation exists
the arrangement of the body and its limbs the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
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) setting (verb)
put into a certain place or abstract location
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
Difference between position and setting

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