The difference between Part and Position

When used as nouns, part means a fraction of a whole, whereas position means a place or location.

When used as verbs, part means to leave someone's company, whereas position means to put into place.

Part is also adverb with the meaning: partly.

Part is also adjective with the meaning: fractional.

check bellow for the other definitions of Part and Position

  1. Part as a noun (math, dated):

    A portion; a component. A fraction of a whole. A distinct element of something larger. A group inside a larger group. Share, especially of a profit. A unit of relative proportion in a mixture. 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink. A section of a document. A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region. A factor. A room in a public building, especially a courtroom.

    Examples:

    "Gaul is divided into three parts."

    "The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle."

    "I want my part of the bounty."

    "The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water."

    "Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2."

    "3 is a part of 12."

  2. Part as a noun (music):

    Duty; responsibility. Position or role (especially in a play). The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece. Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".

    Examples:

    "to do one’s part'"

    "We all have a part to play."

    "The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging."

  3. Part as a noun (US):

    The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.

    Examples:

    "The part of his hair was slightly to the left."

  4. Part as a noun (Judaism):

    In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.

  5. Part as a noun:

    A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.

  1. Part as a verb (intransitive):

    To leave someone's company; to go way; to die; to get rid of something, stop using it.

  2. Part as a verb:

    To cut hair with a parting; shed.

  3. Part as a verb (transitive):

    To divide in two.

    Examples:

    "to part the curtains"

  4. Part as a verb (intransitive):

    To be divided in two or separated; shed.

    Examples:

    "A rope parts.  His hair parts in the middle."

  5. Part as a verb (transitive, now, rare):

    To divide up; to share.

  6. Part as a verb (obsolete):

    To have a part or share; to partake.

  7. Part as a verb:

    To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.

  8. Part as a verb (obsolete):

    To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.

  9. Part as a verb:

    To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.

    Examples:

    "to part gold from silver"

  10. Part as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To leave; to quit.

  11. Part as a verb (transitive, internet):

    To leave (an IRC channel).

  1. Part as an adjective:

    Fractional; partial.

    Examples:

    "Fred was part owner of the car."

  1. Part as an adverb:

    Partly; partially; fractionally.

    Examples:

    "'Part finished"

  1. Position as a noun:

    A place or location.

  2. Position as a noun:

    A post of employment; a job.

  3. Position as a noun:

    A status or rank.

    Examples:

    "Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army."

  4. Position as a noun:

    An opinion, stand or stance.

    Examples:

    "My position on this issue is unchanged."

  5. Position as a noun:

    A posture.

    Examples:

    "Stand in this position, with your arms at your side."

  6. Position as a noun (team sports):

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

    Examples:

    "Stop running all over the field and play your position!"

  7. Position as a noun (finance):

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

  8. Position as a noun (finance):

    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.

  9. Position as a noun (arithmetic):

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

  10. Position as a noun (chess):

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

  1. Position as a verb:

    To put into place.

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