Location vs. Position
Difference Between Location and Position
Locationnoun
The act or process of locating
Location of the lost hikers took two days.Positionnoun
A place or location.
Locationnoun
A place where something is or could be located; a site.
Positionnoun
The right or appropriate place
The bands are in position for the parade's start.Locationnoun
A site away from a studio at which part or all of a movie is shot
filming a Western on location in the Mexican desert.Positionnoun
A strategic area occupied by members of a force
The troops took up positions along the river.Locationnoun
A tract of land that has been surveyed and marked off.
Positionnoun
The way in which something is placed
the position of the clock's hands.Locationnoun
A particular point or place in physical space.
Positionnoun
The arrangement of body parts; posture
a standing position.Locationnoun
An act of locating.
Positionnoun
In ballet, any of the five arrangements of the arms and feet in which the legs are turned out from the pelvis.
Locationnoun
(South Africa) An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; township.
Positionnoun
An advantageous place or location
jockeys maneuvering for position.Locationnoun
(legal) A leasing on rent.
Positionnoun
A situation as it relates to the surrounding circumstances
in a position to bargain.Locationnoun
A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
Positionnoun
A point of view or attitude on a certain question
the mayor's position on taxes.Locationnoun
The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc.
Positionnoun
Social standing or status; rank.
Locationnoun
a point or extent in space
Positionnoun
A post of employment; a job.
Locationnoun
the act of putting something in a certain place or location
Positionnoun
(Sports) The area for which a particular player is responsible.
Locationnoun
a determination of the location of something;
he got a good fix on the targetPositionnoun
The arrangement of the pieces or cards at any particular time in a game such as chess, checkers, or bridge.
Positionnoun
The act or process of positing.
Positionnoun
A principle or proposition posited.
Positionnoun
A commitment to buy or sell a given amount of securities or commodities.
Positionnoun
The amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
Positionnoun
The ownership status of a person's or institution's investments.
Positionverb
To put in place or position.
Positionverb
To determine the position of; locate.
Positionnoun
A place or location.
Positionnoun
A post of employment; a job.
Positionnoun
A status or rank.
Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.Positionnoun
An opinion, stand, or stance.
My position on this issue is unchanged.Positionnoun
A posture.
Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.Positionnoun
(team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
Stop running all over the field and play your position!Positionnoun
(finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
Positionnoun
(finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.Position (finance)
Positionnoun
(arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
Positionnoun
(chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
Positionverb
To put into place.
Positionnoun
the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object;
he put the lamp back in its placePositionnoun
a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
Positionnoun
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.;
consider what follows from the positivist viewPositionnoun
position or arrangement of the body and its limbs;
he assumed an attitude of surrenderPositionnoun
the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society;
he had the status of a minorthe novel attained the status of a classicatheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American lifePositionnoun
a job in an organization;
he occupied a post in the treasuryPositionnoun
the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated;
the position of the hands on the clockhe specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stagePositionnoun
the appropriate or customary location;
the cars were in positionPositionnoun
(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player;
what position does he play?Positionnoun
the act of putting something in a certain place or location
Positionnoun
a condition or position in which you find yourself;
the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evilsfound herself in a very fortunate situationPositionnoun
an item on a list or in a sequence;
in the second placemoved from third to fifth positionPositionnoun
a rationalized mental attitude
Positionnoun
an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute;
there are two sides to every questionPositionnoun
the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another;
can you go in my stead?took his placein lieu ofPositionnoun
the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
Positionverb
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
Positionverb
put into a certain place or abstract location;
Put your things hereSet the tray downSet the dogs on the scent of the missing childrenPlace emphasis on a certain point
