office vs position

office

noun
  • A position of responsibility. 

  • Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position. 

  • A daily service without the eucharist. 

  • A ministry or other department of government. 

  • The administrative departments housed in such places 

  • A particular place of business of a larger white-collar business. 

  • The daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons. 

  • A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; (obsolete, rare) moral duty. 

  • Inside information. 

  • Any special liturgy, as the Office for the Dead or of the Virgin. 

  • A service, a kindness. 

  • Last rites. 

  • A room, set of rooms, or building used for administration and bookkeeping. 

  • A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work 

  • A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs. 

  • A room, set of rooms, or building used for consultation and diagnosis, but not surgery or other major procedures. 

  • The staff of such places. 

  • A room, set of rooms, or building used for selling services or tickets to the public. 

  • The authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church. 

  • A ceremonial duty or service 

  • Various prayers used with modification as a morning or evening service. 

verb
  • To provide (someone) with an office. 

  • To have an office. 

position

noun
  • An opinion, stand, or stance. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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