put down vs position

put down is not a noun while position is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
put down	No	No	Yes	No
position	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, position is a hypernym of put down; that is, position is a word with a broader meaning than put down:

Other hypernyms of put down include lay, place, pose, put, set.

As verbs, position is a hypernym of put down; that is, position is a word with a broader meaning than put down:

Other hypernyms of put down include lay, place, pose, put, set.

put down (noun)	position (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

put down (verb)	position (verb)
put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.	put into a certain place or abstract location
make a record of; set down in permanent form	cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
put in a horizontal position
remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place
put (an animal) to death
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
cause to come to the ground