Impose vs. Pose — What's the Difference?

To establish or apply as compulsory; levy

Present or constitute (a problem or danger)

To bring about by authority or force; force to prevail

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

To obtrude or force (oneself, for example) on another or others.

Pretend to be (someone or something)

(Printing) To arrange (type or plates) on an imposing stone.

Behave affectedly in order to impress others

To offer or circulate fraudulently; pass off

Puzzle or perplex (someone) with a question or problem

To force oneself on or take unfair advantage of others

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

(transitive) To establish or apply by authority.

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

(intransitive) to be an inconvenience (on or upon)

To set forth in words for consideration; propound

To enforce: compel to behave in a certain way

To present or constitute

To practice a trick or deception (on or upon).

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

To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.

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

To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.

To represent oneself falsely; pretend to be other than what one is

To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

To puzzle, confuse, or baffle.

To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute.

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

To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.

In yoga, an asana.

To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; - said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.

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

To practice tricks or deception.

(archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.

A command; injunction.

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

Compel to behave in a certain way;

Affectation.

Impose something unpleasant;

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

Impose and collect;

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

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

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

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

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

To interrogate; to question.

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

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

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

To perplex or confuse (someone).

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

A cold in the head; catarrh.

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.

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.

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.

To interrogate; to question.

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

Affected manners intended to impress others;

A posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes

A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

Introduce;

Assume a posture as for artistic purposes;

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

Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others;

Put into a certain place or abstract location;

Be a mystery or bewildering to;