lemma vs position

lemma

noun
  • A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition. 

  • The outer shell of a fruit or similar body. 

  • One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses. 

  • The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc. 

  • The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word. 

position

noun
  • 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. 

  • The full state of a chess game at any given turn. 

  • A situation suitable to perform some action. 

  • The order in which players are seated around the table. 

  • A status or rank. 

  • A place or location. 

  • A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error. 

  • An opinion, stand, or stance. 

  • A posture. 

  • A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player. 

  • A post of employment; a job. 

  • An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution. 

verb
  • To put into place. 

How often have the words lemma and position occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )