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state vs position

position vs state

state and position both are nouns.

state and position both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
state Yes No Yes No
position Yes No Yes No
As nouns, position is a hyponym of state; that is, position is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than state:
  • state: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  • position: the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
Other hyponyms of state include feeling, skillfulness, cleavage, medium, ornamentation, condition, condition, status, conditionality, ground state, nationhood, situation, state of affairs, relationship, relationship, tribalism, utopia, dystopia, natural state, state of nature, wild, isomerism, degree, level, point, stage, office, power, status, being, beingness, existence, face of the earth, nonbeing, death, employ, employment, unemployment, order, disorder, antagonism, enmity, hostility, conflict, illumination, freedom, agency, delegacy, representation, dependance, dependence, dependency, motion, lifelessness, motionlessness, stillness, dead letter, non-issue, action, activeness, activity, inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, temporary state, forthcomingness, imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, preparation, preparedness, readiness, flux, state of flux, kalemia, enlargement, separation, unification, union, matureness, maturity, immatureness, immaturity, grace, saving grace, state of grace, damnation, eternal damnation, omniscience, omnipotence, flawlessness, ne plus ultra, perfection, integrity, unity, wholeness, imperfection, imperfectness, receivership, ownership, obligation, death, destruction, end, annulment, revocation, merchantability, turgor, homozygosity, heterozygosity, neotony, plurality, polyvalence, polyvalency, multivalence, multivalency, polyvalence, polyvalency, paternity, utilization, technicality.
state (noun) position (noun)
the way something is with respect to its main attributes the act of putting something in a certain place
a politically organized body of people under a single government a job in an organization
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
the territory occupied by a nation the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
a state of depression or agitation the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
(chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) 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
state (verb) position (verb)
express in words put into a certain place or abstract location
put before cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
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