post vs position

post and position both are nouns.

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

As nouns, post and position are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of post include berth, office, place, situation.

As nouns, position is a hypernym of post; that is, position is a word with a broader meaning than post:

post: the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
position: the particular portion of space occupied by something

Other hypernyms of post include place.

post (noun)	position (noun)
a job in an organization	the act of putting something in a certain place
the delivery and collection of letters and packages	a job in an organization
an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position	(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
military installation at which a body of troops is stationed	the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office	the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)	the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
A message on a social media website	the arrangement of the body and its limbs
any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered	a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand	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

post (verb)	position (verb)
display, as of records in sports games	put into a certain place or abstract location
mark or expose as infamous	cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
cause to be directed or transmitted to another place
publicize with, or as if with, a poster
To post a message on a social media website
assign to a station
place so as to be noticed
mark with a stake
affix in a public place or for public notice
ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
transfer (entries) from one account book to another
enter on a public list
assign to a post; put into a post