Abode vs Position - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , III.viii:
(obsolete) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
* 1661 , , [http://archive.org/stream/a615775104worduoft/a615775104worduoft_djvu.txt The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond]
* (rfdate), (Henry Fielding) (1707-1754)
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, passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
(formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
* (rfdate), (William Wordsworth) (1770-1850)
(abide)
(obsolete) An omen; a foretelling.
* High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes . -
(en noun) (abbreviated as posish )
A place or location.
A post of employment; a job.
A status or rank.
An opinion, stand or stance.
A posture.
(team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
(finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm or institution.
(arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error .
(chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
To put into place.
* 26 June 2012 , Simon Bowers in The Guardian, Tax crackdowns threaten Channel Islands' haven status [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/26/tax-crackdowns-threaten-channel-islands]
Abode is a related term of position.
As nouns the difference between abode and position
is that abode is (obsolete) act of waiting; delay or abode can be (obsolete) an omen; a foretelling while position is .As a verb abode
is (abide) or abode can be (obsolete) to bode; to foreshow; to presage .abode
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) abod, abad, from (etyl) . For the change of vowel, compare ''abode'', preterit of ''abide .Noun
(en noun)- Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode .
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
- He waxeth at your abode here.
- of no fixed abode .
- Come, let me lead you to our poore abode .
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(head)Etymology 2
* From an alteration with bode and (etyl) *Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* abodement * abodingSee also
* dwellingReferences
position
English
(wikipedia position)Noun
- Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
- My position on this issue is unchanged.
- Stand in this position , with your arms at your side.
- Stop running all over the field and play your position !
- Strong earnings have bolstered the company's financial position .
Derived terms
* anatomical position * assume the position * body position * bubble position * closed position * cowgirl position * developmental position * eccentric position * emergency position indicating radio beacon * fetal position * fielding position * Fowler's position * hinge position * human position * lithotomy position * long position * lotus position * midsinoary position * naked position * net position * neutral position * occlusal position * open position * overnight position * pole position * positional * position effect * position limit * position paper * position sense * position trader * position trading * preferred position * prone position * protrusive position * qualifying position * recovery position * reposition * sacroanterior position * sex position * short position * Sims' position * statutory position * take a position * Trendelenburg position * Yoga positionVerb
(en verb)- While other small nations with large banking sectors, such as Iceland and Ireland, have been undone by their reckless lending practices, the debt-free Channel Islands have always positioned themselves as dependable repositories of riches.