attitude and position share a recorded sense, so the question is not what they mean but which one fits. attitude means “a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways”. position means “the particular portion of space occupied by something”. position is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈætəˌtud/
1.n.a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
“he had the attitude that work was fun”
2.n.the arrangement of the body and its limbs
“he assumed an attitude of surrender”
3.n.a theatrical pose created for effect
“the actor struck just the right attitude”
| attitude | position | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈætəˌtud/ | /pəˈzɪʃən/ |
| Said | AT-uh-tood | puh-ZISH-uhn |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| Letters | 8 | 8 |
| Parts of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Senses | 4 | 18 |
| How common | Common | Core |
| Synonyms | mental attitude | place |
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/pəˈzɪʃən/
1.n.the particular portion of space occupied by something
“he put the lamp back in its place”
2.n.a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
3.n.a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
“consider what follows from the positivist view”