The difference between Floor and Possession
When used as nouns, floor means the interior bottom or surface of a house or building, whereas possession means control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
When used as verbs, floor means to cover or furnish with a floor, whereas possession means to invest with property.
check bellow for the other definitions of Floor and Possession
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Floor as a noun:
The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
Examples:
"The room has a wooden floor."
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Floor as a noun:
Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).
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Floor as a noun:
The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
Examples:
"Many sunken ships rest on the ocean floor."
"The floor of a cave served the refugees as a home."
"The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been."
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Floor as a noun:
A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
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Floor as a noun:
The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
Examples:
"Wooden planks of the old bridge's floor were nearly rotten."
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Floor as a noun:
A storey/story of a building.
Examples:
"For years we lived on the third floor."
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Floor as a noun:
In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
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Floor as a noun:
Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
Examples:
"Will the senator from Arizona yield the floor?"
"The mayor often gives a lobbyist the floor."
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Floor as a noun (nautical):
That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
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Floor as a noun (mining):
The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
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Floor as a noun (mining):
A horizontal, flat ore body.
Examples:
"rfquotek Raymond"
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Floor as a noun (mathematics):
The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
Examples:
"The floor of 4.5 is 4."
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Floor as a noun (gymnastics):
An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.
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Floor as a noun (gymnastics):
A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
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Floor as a noun (finance):
A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.
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Floor as a noun:
A dance floor.
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Floor as a noun:
The area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition
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Floor as a verb:
To cover or furnish with a floor.
Examples:
"'floor a house with pine boards"
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Floor as a verb:
To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
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Floor as a verb (driving, slang):
To accelerate rapidly.
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Floor as a verb:
To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
Examples:
"'floor an opponent"
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Floor as a verb:
To amaze or greatly surprise.
Examples:
"We were floored by his confession."
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Floor as a verb (colloquial):
To finish or make an end of.
Examples:
"'floor a college examination"
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Floor as a verb (mathematics):
To set a lower bound.
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Possession as a noun:
Control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
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Possession as a noun:
Something that is owned.
Examples:
"The car quickly became his most prized possession."
"I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that."
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Possession as a noun:
Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.
Examples:
"The car is in my possession."
"I'm in possession of the car."
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Possession as a noun:
A territory under the rule of another country.
Examples:
"Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions."
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Possession as a noun:
The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
Examples:
"Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession."
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Possession as a noun:
The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
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Possession as a noun (sports):
Control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
Examples:
"The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession."
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Possession as a noun (linguistics):
A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.
Examples:
"Some languages distinguish between a construction like 'my car', which shows alienable possession — the car could become someone else's — and one like 'my foot', which has inalienable possession — my foot will always be mine."
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Possession as a verb (obsolete):
To invest with property.