The difference between Place and Space

Place as a noun (physical):

An area; somewhere within an area. An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard. A group of houses. An inhabited area: a village, town, or city. Any area of the earth: a region. The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit. The area where one lives: one's home, formerly country estates and farms. An area of the skin. An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory. An area to fight: a battlefield or the contested ground in a battle.

Place as a noun:

A location or position in space.

Place as a noun:

A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.

Place as a noun:

A passage or extract from a book or document.

Place as a noun:

A topic.

Place as a noun:

A frame of mind.

Place as a noun:

A chess position; a square of the chessboard.

Place as a noun (social):

A responsibility or position in an organization. A role or purpose; a station. The position of a contestant in a competition. The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position. The position as a member of a sports team.

Place as a noun:

A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.

Place as a noun:

Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.

Place as a noun:

Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.

Place as a noun:

Reception; effect; implying the making room for.

Place as a verb (transitive):

To put (an object or person) in a specific location.

Place as a verb (intransitive):

To earn a given spot in a competition. To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.

Place as a verb (transitive):

To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.

Place as a verb (transitive, in the passive):

To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.

Place as a verb (transitive):

To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.

Place as a verb (transitive):

To arrange for or to make (a bet).

Place as a verb (transitive):

To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.

Place as a verb (sports, transitive):

To place-kick (a goal).

Space as a noun:

Of time. Free time; leisure, opportunity. A specific (specified) period of time. An undefined period of time (without qualifier, especially a short period); a while.

Space as a noun:

Unlimited or generalized physical extent. Distance between things. Physical extent across two or three dimensions; area, volume (sometimes or to do something). Physical extent in all directions, seen as an attribute of the universe (now usually considered as a part of space-time), or a mathematical model of this. The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere. The physical and psychological area one needs within which to live or operate; personal freedom.

Space as a noun:

A bounded or specific physical extent. A (chiefly empty) area or volume with set limits or boundaries. A position on the staff or stave bounded by lines. A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap. A piece of metal type used to separate words, cast lower than other type so as not to take ink, especially one that is narrower than one en (compare quad). A gap; an empty place. A set of points, each of which is uniquely specified by a number (the dimensionality) of coordinates. A generalized construct or set whose members have some property in common; typically there will be a geometric metaphor allowing these members to be viewed as "points". Often used with a restricting modifier describing the members (e.g. vector space), or indicating the inventor of the construct (e.g. Hilbert space). A marketplace for goods or services.

Space as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

To roam, walk, wander.

Space as a verb (transitive):

To set some distance apart.

Space as a verb:

To insert or utilise spaces in a written text.

Space as a verb (transitive, science fiction):

To eject into outer space, usually without a space suit.

Space as a verb (intransitive, science fiction):

To travel into and through outer space.