position vs pose

position and pose both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
position	Yes	No	Yes	No
pose	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, pose is a hyponym of position; that is, pose is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than position:

As verbs, position and pose are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of position include lay, place, put, set.

As verbs, pose is a hypernym of position; that is, pose is a word with a broader meaning than position:

Other hypernyms of position include lay, place, position, put, set.

position (noun)	pose (noun)
the act of putting something in a certain place	a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
a job in an organization	affected manners intended to impress others
(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player	a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
the arrangement of the body and its limbs
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
a rationalized mental attitude
an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
an item on a list or in a sequence
the particular portion of space occupied by something
a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
the appropriate or customary location
the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
a condition or position in which you find yourself

position (verb)	pose (verb)
put into a certain place or abstract location	be a mystery or bewildering to
cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation	pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
	put into a certain place or abstract location
	assume a posture as for artistic purposes
	behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
	offer for others to consider