seat vs position

seat and position both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

seat (noun)	position (noun)
any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)	the act of putting something in a certain place
furniture that is designed for sitting on	a job in an organization
the cloth covering for the buttocks	(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
a part of a machine that supports or guides another part	the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body	the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on	the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)	the arrangement of the body and its limbs
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)	a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based	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

seat (verb)	position (verb)
show to a seat; assign a seat for	put into a certain place or abstract location
place or attach firmly in or on a base	cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
place in or on a seat
provide with seats
put a seat on a chair
place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
be able to seat