Pose vs. Posture

Posenoun

(archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.

Posenoun

Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).

Posenoun

Affectation.

Poseverb

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

Poseverb

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

Poseverb

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

Poseverb

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

Poseverb

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

Poseverb

To interrogate; to question.

Poseverb

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

Poseverb

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

Poseverb

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

Poseverb

To perplex or confuse (someone).

Poseadjective

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

Posenoun

A cold in the head; catarrh.

Posenoun

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.

Poseverb

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.

Poseverb

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.

Poseverb

To interrogate; to question.

Poseverb

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

Posenoun

affected manners intended to impress others;

Posenoun

a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes

Posenoun

a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

Poseverb

introduce;

Poseverb

assume a posture as for artistic purposes;

Poseverb

pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions;

Poseverb

behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others;

Poseverb

put into a certain place or abstract location;

Poseverb

be a mystery or bewildering to;

Poseverb

present or constitute (a problem or danger)

Poseverb

raise (a question or matter for consideration)

Poseverb

assume a particular position in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn

Poseverb

place (someone) in a particular position in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn

Poseverb

pretend to be (someone or something)

Poseverb

behave affectedly in order to impress others

Poseverb

puzzle or perplex (someone) with a question or problem

Posenoun

a way of standing or sitting, especially in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn

Posenoun

a particular way of behaving adopted in order to impress or to give a false impression

Posturenoun

The way a person holds and positions their body.

Posturenoun

A situation or condition.

Posturenoun

One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person.

Posturenoun

(rare) The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.

Postureverb

(intransitive) to put one's body into a posture or series of postures, especially hoping that one will be noticed and admired

Postureverb

(intransitive) to pretend to have an opinion or a conviction

Postureverb

(transitive) To place in a particular position or attitude; to pose.

Posturenoun

The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude.

Posturenoun

Place; position; situation.

Posturenoun

State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.

Postureverb

To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model.

Postureverb

To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.

Postureverb

Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.

Posturenoun

position or arrangement of the body and its limbs;

Posturenoun

characteristic way of bearing one's body;

Posturenoun

a rationalized mental attitude

Posturenoun

capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war;

Postureverb

behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others;

Postureverb

assume a posture as for artistic purposes;