Fake vs. Pose — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fake and Pose
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Definitions
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
