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Position vs Title - What's the difference?

position | title |

In lang=en terms the difference between position and title

is that position is the full state of a chess game at any given turn while title is legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.

As nouns the difference between position and title

is that position is a place or location while title is a prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also :Category:Titles.

As verbs the difference between position and title

is that position is to put into place while title is to assign a title to; to entitle.

position

Noun

  • (en noun) (abbreviated as posish )
  • A place or location.
  • A post of employment; a job.
  • A status or rank.
  • Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
  • An opinion, stand or stance.
  • My position on this issue is unchanged.
  • A posture.
  • Stand in this position , with your arms at your side.
  • (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 !
  • (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm or institution.
  • Strong earnings have bolstered the company's financial position .
  • (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.
  • 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 position

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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]
  • 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.

    Synonyms

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    Statistics

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    title

    English

    (wikipedia title)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • With his former title greet Macbeth.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
  • , chapter=1 citation , passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.}}
  • (legal) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
  • In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
  • A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
  • The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
  • A publication.
  • A section or division of a subject, as of a law or a book.
  • (mostly, in the plural) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.
  • (bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
  • The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.
  • A division of an act of Congress or Parliament.
  • (sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 13, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= Man City 3-2 QPR , passage=With some City fans already leaving the stadium in tears, Edin Dzeko equalised in the second of five minutes of stoppage time before Sergio Aguero scored the goal that won the title .}}
  • * 1997 , David Kenneth Wiggins, Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White America
  • Equally disadvantageous to Jackson was the fact that other than the Jacksonville Athletic Club and the National Sporting Club, virtually no organization was willing to sponsor a title fight between a black fighter and a white one.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * abstract of title * end titles * entitle * job title * long title * running title * short title * subtitle * supertitle * surtitle * title character * title track * Torrens title * working title

    Verb

    (titl)
  • To assign a title to; to entitle.