Stance vs Position - What's the difference?
stance | position |
The manner, posture, or pose in which one stands.
One’s opinion or point of view.
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, year=2012
, date=April 23
, author=Angelique Chrisafis
, title=François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election
, work=the Guardian
(Scotland) A station; a position; a site; a stopping place for buses at a bus station
(obsolete) A stanza.
(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]
Position is a synonym of stance.
As nouns the difference between stance and position
is that stance is the manner, posture, or pose in which one stands while position is a place or location.As a verb position is
to put into place.stance
English
(wikipedia stance)Noun
(en noun)- The fencer’s stance showed he was ready to begin.
- I don’t agree with your stance on gun control.
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Synonyms
* opinion * position * standExternal links
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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.
