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position vs state

state vs position

position and state both are nouns.

position and state both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
position Yes No Yes No
state Yes No Yes No
As nouns, state is a hypernym of position; that is, state is a word with a broader meaning than position:
  • position: the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
  • state: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
position (noun) state (noun)
the act of putting something in a certain place the way something is with respect to its main attributes
a job in an organization a politically organized body of people under a single government
(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another the territory occupied by a nation
the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated a state of depression or agitation
the arrangement of the body and its limbs (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)
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) state (verb)
put into a certain place or abstract location express in words
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
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