setting vs position

position vs setting

setting and position both are nouns.

setting is not a verb while position is a verb.

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

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

setting: the physical position of something
position: the particular portion of space occupied by something

Other hypernyms of setting include place.

setting (noun)	position (noun)
a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place	the act of putting something in a certain place
arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted	a job in an organization
a table service for one person	(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
the context and environment in which something is set	the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
the physical position of something	the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
the state of the environment in which a situation exists	the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event	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

setting (verb)	position (verb)
	put into a certain place or abstract location
	cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation

Difference between setting and position

Words related to "position"

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