Pose vs. Repose — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pose and Repose
ADVERTISEMENT
Compare with Definitions
Pose
Present or constitute (a problem or danger)
The sheer number of visitors is posing a threat to the area
Repose
A state of rest, sleep, or tranquillity
In repose her face looked relaxed
Pose
Assume a particular position in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn
The prime minister posed for photographers
Repose
Be situated or kept in a particular place
The diamond now reposes in the Louvre
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
ADVERTISEMENT
Repose
Place something, especially one's confidence or trust, in
We have never betrayed the trust that you have reposed in us
Pose
Behave affectedly in order to impress others
Some people like to drive kit cars, but most just like to pose in them
Repose
The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
Pose
Puzzle or perplex (someone) with a question or problem
We have thus posed the mathematician and the historian
Repose
Freedom from worry; peace of mind.
Pose
A way of standing or sitting, especially in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn
Photographs of boxers in ferocious poses
Repose
Calmness; tranquility.
Pose
A particular way of behaving adopted in order to impress or to give a false impression
The man dropped his pose of amiability
Repose
To lay (oneself) down.
Pose
To set forth in words for consideration; propound
Pose a question.
Repose
To rest or relax (oneself).
Pose
To present or constitute
A crisis that posed a threat to the country's stability.
Repose
To lie at rest.
Pose
To place (a model, for example) in a specific position.
Repose
To lie dead
Repose in a grave.
Pose
To assume or hold a particular position or posture, as in sitting for a portrait.
Repose
To lie while being supported by something.
Pose
To represent oneself falsely; pretend to be other than what one is
Conmen posing as police officers.
Repose
To place (trust, for example)
Reposed all his hopes in the new cure.
Pose
To puzzle, confuse, or baffle.
Repose
(dated) Rest; sleep.
Pose
A bodily attitude or position, such as one assumed for an artist or a photographer.
Repose
Quietness; ease; peace; calmness.
Pose
In yoga, an asana.
Repose
(geology) The period between eruptions of a volcano.
Pose
A studied or artificial manner or attitude, often assumed in an attempt to impress or deceive others.
Repose
(art) A form of visual harmony that gives rest to the eye.
Pose
(archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.
Repose
(intransitive) To lie at rest; to rest.
Pose
Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
Please adopt a more graceful pose for my camera.
Repose
(intransitive) To lie; to be supported.
Trap reposing on sand
Pose
Affectation.
Repose
(transitive) To lay, to set down.
Pose
(transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
To pose a model for a picture.
Repose
(transitive) To place, have, or rest; to set; to entrust.
Pose
(transitive) To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
Repose
(transitive) To compose; to make tranquil.
Pose
(transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
Repose
(intransitive) To reside in something.
Pose
To falsely impersonate (another person or occupation) primarily for the purpose of accomplishing something or reaching a goal.
Repose
To remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.
Pose
(intransitive) To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.
Repose
To die, especially of a saint.
Simon reposed in the year 1287.
Pose
(intransitive) To behave affectedly in order to attract interest or admiration.
Repose
(transitive) To pose again.
Pose
To interrogate; to question.
Repose
To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.
But these thy fortunes let us straight reposeIn this divine cave's bosom.
Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth . . . are left behind.
Pose
To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
Repose
To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, - often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch.
All being settled and reposed, the lord archbishop did present his majesty to the lords and commons.
After the toil of battle to reposeYour wearied virtue.
Pose
(obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.
Repose
To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.
The king reposeth all his confidence in thee.
Pose
To puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.
Repose
To lie at rest; to rest.
Within a thicket I reposed.
Pose
To perplex or confuse (someone).
Repose
Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.
It is upon these that the soul may repose.
Pose
Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; - said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
Repose
To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.
Pose
A cold in the head; catarrh.
Repose
A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.
Shake off the golden slumber of repose.
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.
Repose
Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.
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.
Repose
A rest; a pause.
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.
Repose
That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; - opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose.
Pose
To interrogate; to question.
Repose
Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
Took his repose by the swimming pool
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.
Repose
The absence of mental stress or anxiety
Pose
Affected manners intended to impress others;
Don't put on airs with me
Repose
A disposition free from stress or emotion
Pose
A posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
Repose
Put or confide something in a person or thing;
These philosophers reposed the law in the people
Pose
A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
Repose
Be inherent or innate in;
Pose
Introduce;
This poses an interesting question
Repose
Lie when dead;
Mao reposes in his mausoleum
Pose
Assume a posture as for artistic purposes;
We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often
Repose
Lean in a comfortable resting position;
He was reposing on the couch
Pose
Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions;
She posed as the Czar's daughter
Repose
Put in a horizontal position;
Lay the books on the table
Lay the patient carefully onto the bed
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
Repose
To put something (eg trust) in something;
The nation reposed its confidence in the King
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
Share Your Discovery
Previous Comparison
Boredom vs. BoreNext Comparison
Floating vs. Pontoon