footing vs position

footing

noun
  • A standing; position; established place; foothold. 

  • Stability or balance when standing on one's feet. 

  • The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation. 

  • A narrow cotton lace, without figures. 

  • A footprint or footprints; tracks, someone's trail. 

  • The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil. 

  • The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot 

  • The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column. 

  • A double-check of the numbers vertically. 

  • A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on. 

  • A relative condition; state. 

position

noun
  • A place or location. 

  • 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 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 footing and position occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )