Pointing to and Pose as

Pose as and pointing to are semantically related. in assert topic. In some cases you can use "Pose as" instead a verb "Pointing to".

Pose as verb - To pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior.

Pointing to and pose as are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Pointing to" with "Pose as", this phrasal verbs are similar.