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Difference Between Fake and Pose

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Fake

Not genuine; imitation or counterfeit
She got on the plane with a fake passport
A fake Cockney accent

Pose

Present or constitute (a problem or danger)
The sheer number of visitors is posing a threat to the area

Fake

A thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham
Fakes of Old Masters

Pose

Assume a particular position in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn
The prime minister posed for photographers

Fake

Variant spelling of flake
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Pose

Pretend to be (someone or something)
An armed gang posed as policemen to ambush a postman
A literary novel posing as a spy thriller

Fake

Forge or counterfeit (something)
She faked her spouse's signature

Pose

Behave affectedly in order to impress others
Some people like to drive kit cars, but most just like to pose in them

Fake

Variant spelling of flake

Pose

Puzzle or perplex (someone) with a question or problem
We have thus posed the mathematician and the historian
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Fake

Having a false or misleading appearance; fraudulent.

Pose

A way of standing or sitting, especially in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn
Photographs of boxers in ferocious poses

Fake

One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham.

Pose

A particular way of behaving adopted in order to impress or to give a false impression
The man dropped his pose of amiability

Fake

(Sports) A brief feint or aborted change of direction intended to mislead one's opponent or the opposing team.

Pose

To set forth in words for consideration; propound
Pose a question.

Fake

One loop or winding of a coiled rope or cable.

Pose

To present or constitute
A crisis that posed a threat to the country's stability.

Fake

To contrive and present as genuine; counterfeit
Fake a signature.

Pose

To place (a model, for example) in a specific position.

Fake

To simulate; feign
Faked his death so his wife would collect insurance money.

Pose

To assume or hold a particular position or posture, as in sitting for a portrait.

Fake

(Music) To improvise (a passage).

Pose

To represent oneself falsely; pretend to be other than what one is
Conmen posing as police officers.

Fake

(Sports) To deceive (an opponent) with a fake. Often used with out.

Pose

To puzzle, confuse, or baffle.

Fake

To engage in feigning, simulation, or other deceptive activity.

Pose

A bodily attitude or position, such as one assumed for an artist or a photographer.

Fake

(Sports) To perform a fake.

Pose

In yoga, an asana.

Fake

To coil (a rope or cable).

Pose

A studied or artificial manner or attitude, often assumed in an attempt to impress or deceive others.

Fake

Not real; false, fraudulent
Which fur coat looks fake?

Pose

(archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.

Fake

(of people) Insincere

Pose

Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
Please adopt a more graceful pose for my camera.

Fake

Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
I suspect this passport is a fake.

Pose

Affectation.

Fake

(sports) A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.

Pose

(transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
To pose a model for a picture.

Fake

(archaic) A trick; a swindle

Pose

(transitive) To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).

Fake

(nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Pose

(transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).

Fake

(transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.

Pose

To falsely impersonate (another person or occupation) primarily for the purpose of accomplishing something or reaching a goal.

Fake

(transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
To fake a marriage
To fake happiness
To fake a smile

Pose

(intransitive) To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.

Fake

(archaic) To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

Pose

(intransitive) To behave affectedly in order to attract interest or admiration.

Fake

(archaic) To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is

Pose

To interrogate; to question.

Fake

To improvise, in jazz.

Pose

To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.

Fake

(nautical) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.

Pose

(obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.

Fake

One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Pose

To puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.

Fake

A trick; a swindle.

Pose

To perplex or confuse (someone).

Fake

To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out.

Pose

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; - said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

Fake

To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

Pose

A cold in the head; catarrh.

Fake

To make; to construct; to do.

Pose

The attitude or position of a person; the position of the body or of any member of the body; especially, a position formally assumed for the sake of effect; an artificial position; as, the pose of an actor; the pose of an artist's model or of a statue.

Fake

To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.

Pose

To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect; to arrange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a sitter for a portrait.

Fake

Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

Pose

To assume and maintain a studied attitude, with studied arrangement of drapery; to strike an attitude; to attitudinize; figuratively, to assume or affect a certain character; as, she poses as a prude.
He . . . posed before her as a hero.

Fake

A person who makes deceitful pretenses

Pose

To interrogate; to question.

Fake

(football) a deceptive move made by a football player

Pose

To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
A question wherewith a learned Pharisee thought to pose and puzzle him.

Fake

Make a copy of with the intent to deceive;
He faked the signature
They counterfeited dollar bills
She forged a Green Card

Pose

Affected manners intended to impress others;
Don't put on airs with me

Fake

Fake or falsify;
Fudge the figures
Cook the books
Falsify the data

Pose

A posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes

Fake

Talk through one's hat;
The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it

Pose

A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

Fake

Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

Pose

Introduce;
This poses an interesting question

Fake

Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article;
It isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur
Faux pearls
False teeth
Decorated with imitation palm leaves
A purse of simulated alligator hide

Pose

Assume a posture as for artistic purposes;
We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often

Pose

Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions;
She posed as the Czar's daughter

Pose

Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others;
Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!
She postured and made a total fool of herself

Pose

Put into a certain place or abstract location;
Put your things here
Set the tray down
Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
Place emphasis on a certain point

Pose

Be a mystery or bewildering to;
This beats me!
Got me--I don't know the answer!
A vexing problem
This question really stuck me

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