Talent vs Position - What's the difference?
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(label) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East.
* 1611 , Authorized Version, (w) XXV 14-15:
(label) A desire or inclination for something.
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A marked natural ability or skill.
(label) The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness.
* 2011 , Nic Venter, Wow! What a Life! (page 179)
(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]
Talent is a related term of position.
As nouns the difference between talent and position
is that talent is talent while position is .talent
English
(wikipedia talent)Noun
(en noun)- For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents , to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
- But my hede said sir Palomydes I wille not ryde these thre dayes // therfor I pray you syr Dynadan abyde and ryde with vs / Feythfully said Dynadan I wylle not abyde for I haue suche a talent to see sir Tristram that I may not abyde longe from hym
- I went down to the beach front, of course, for that was the first thing that all Vaalies did: to look at the sea and to check the talent on the beach.
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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.
