recess vs position

position vs recess

recess and position both are nouns.

recess and position both are verbs.

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

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

recess: put into a recess
position: put into a certain place or abstract location

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

recess (noun)	position (noun)
a pause from doing something (as work)	the act of putting something in a certain place
an enclosure that is set back or indented	a job in an organization
an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)	(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
a small concavity	the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
a state of abeyance or suspended business	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

recess (verb)	position (verb)
close at the end of a session	put into a certain place or abstract location
make a recess in	cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
put into a recess

Difference between recess and position

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