tuck vs position

position vs tuck

tuck and position both are nouns.

tuck and position both are verbs.

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

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

tuck: (sports) a bodily position adopted in some sports (such as diving or skiing) in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest
position: the arrangement of the body and its limbs

Other hypernyms of tuck include attitude, posture.

tuck (noun)	position (noun)
a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place	the act of putting something in a certain place
a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges	a job in an organization
(sports) a bodily position adopted in some sports (such as diving or skiing) in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest	(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
eatables (especially sweets)	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

tuck (verb)	position (verb)
fit snugly into	put into a certain place or abstract location
make a tuck or several folds in	cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
draw together into folds or puckers

Difference between tuck and position

Words related to "position"

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