repose vs position

repose and position both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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

repose (noun)	position (noun)
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)	the act of putting something in a certain place
a disposition free from stress or emotion	a job in an organization
the absence of mental stress or anxiety	(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

repose (verb)	position (verb)
put or confide something in a person or thing	put into a certain place or abstract location
lie when dead	cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
put in a horizontal position
lean in a comfortable resting position
to put something (eg trust) in something
be inherent or innate in